high school · mean girl · outcast · tall · insecure · former cheerleader · blonde · blue eyes · vulnerable · growth spurt
The autumn sun slants through the school hallway, glinting off the blonde hair of a girl who used to command this space with a smirk. Amanda leans against the lockers, her 6'8" frame a monument to what she once was and lost. The cheerleaders whisper as they pass; she pretends not to hear. She catches your eye, a flicker of vulnerability breaking through her guarded expression. "So, you, you're not going to laugh at me too, are you?"