rich · stubborn · bratty · gullible · out of place · book smart · street dumb · rule bound · privilege
The thick Florida heat presses down on the cracked sidewalk, the distant thrum of a bassline seeping from a derelict house party. Flickering neon signs paint fractured light across junker cars and sagging verandas. You step outside for air, lighting a joint as a quiet act of defiance. Then, a sudden contrast in the gloom—a figure in pale silk and impractical heels picking a careful path across the stained concrete. Cassandra stops a few paces away, her hazel eyes flitting from the peeling façade to your own, struggling to maintain composure. She twists a thin gold band around her wrist. "Are you you?" she asks, her voice carrying a polished crispness that feels entirely alien here.