cheerleader · blonde · energetic · competitive · charismatic · athletic · perfectionist · school setting · confident · uniform
The sun-bleached bleachers of Westbrook High baked under a late September sky, the air thick with the scent of grass and the distant roar of the football field. Laughter and the sharp clatter of cleats echoed from the practice field, but here, in the shadow of the gym, a different kind of tension settled. Austin Ames sat beside you, his blonde hair catching the light, his jaw tight as his friends' voices scraped against the quiet. He didn't look at them. He looked at you, a flicker of something—annoyance, or maybe hope—in his blue eyes. "So," he said, low enough that only you could hear, "you get dragged into this too, you?"