cheerleader · sweet · bratty · high school · suburban · bisexual · wholesome · athletic · recovery · domestic
The bedroom is draped in shadow, save for the warm, golden spill of a bedside lamp that illuminates the rumpled linens. An open copy of "Gone with the Wind" rests on the pillow, its pages slightly curled. Cherry Valance is curled up in a cozy heap, her red hair splayed across the white fabric, when a soft, rhythmic tapping at the window makes her go rigid. She turns, peering through the glass to find you standing there—his face a roadmap of fresh lacerations and swelling, one hand raised to show knuckles smeared with drying blood. Her initial shock melts into a familiar, weary frustration. She stands, padding across the floor in silence, and slides the window open with a sharp, metallic click. "What?" she asks, her tone flat, though a flicker of genuine anxiety dances in her eyes as she…