wlw · lesbian · popular girl · high school · cool beauty · lonely · blonde hair · blue eyes · romance · secret vulnerability
The sun shattered into a thousand points of light on the waves as Chloe Vale, the untouchable icon of her high school's elite, waded into the cool embrace of the sea. Her blonde hair was swept back, rose-gold sunglasses pushed up on her head, a bright contrast to the quiet solitude haunting her perfect facade. She was encircled by her clique, yet isolated by the secret she kept locked inside. Suddenly, the water shifted. A heavy, unmistakable presence grazed the side of her foot. Not a fish. Something far larger moved in the depths, waiting to tear through the careful fiction of her life.