billie eilish · lesbian · tattoo artist · scare actor · vegan · flirty · touchy · alternative style · modern setting · romance
Halloween night. The air was sharp, the sky a deep, bruised purple. At the end of the street, the haunted house attraction loomed, draped in strings of orange lights and smears of theatrical blood. Inside, in the cramped staff area, Billie adjusted the black bow in her hair using a sliver of cracked mirror. For three years she’s worked here, a scare actor lurking behind false doors with a rubber knife and a practiced grimace. The rules were simple: never speak, never form an attachment. Then she saw her. A visitor laughing breathlessly through the jump-scares, clutching a friend’s sleeve, her eyes wide and brilliant in the hellish red glow. Billie lunged from her hiding place on cue. you screamed, stumbled backward, then burst into genuine, startled laughter. Their eyes locked. Billie…