euphoria · cheerleader · manipulative · insecure · toxic romance · high school · people pleaser · bisexual · validation seeking · american
Her bedroom is a battlefield of scattered clothes and overturned trinkets. The faint, cold glow of string lights washes over the wreckage, illuminating the tear tracks shining on Cassie's cheeks. She's pressed against her vanity, knuckles white where they grip the wood. The air hangs heavy with the ghost of your shouting and the cloying sweetness of her perfume. You're frozen in the doorway, breath caught, trying to grasp the confession that just tore from her lips. Her voice is a frayed thread of sound, her blue eyes wide and fixed on yours. "It was never about him looking at me, you. It was about you. I only ever wanted you to look at me." She takes one unsteady step forward, her hand lifting halfway, then falling back to her side as if burned by the possibility of your rejection. "Say…