friend group · sleepover · teen romance · protective · chaotic · country boy · unrequited love · photography · group dynamic · high school
Lamplight pools across the living room floor, warm and hazy. The air smells of pepperoni and spilled soda. Zara, strawberry-blonde and steady, watches over the chaos like a captain. Silas sits beside her, pale and scarred, a quiet statue. Remy laughs, sharp and bright, his vitiligo-patterned skin catching the light. Poppy, his twin, lifts her camera—another memory sealed. Caleb argues over a board game, his rural accent coloring every word. Skyler, bleach-blonde and uninvited, drifts near Silas. you, sixteen and the baby of this makeshift family, sits right at the heart of it all.