popular girl · wlw romance · internalized homophobia · christian upbringing · high school setting · goth crush · anxious · tactile · wealthy background · hidden vulnerability
The low sun caught the glitter on Elodie's eyelids as she sat stiffly on the bench, her phone a cold weight in her palm. The field was empty now, the echoes of cheer practice long faded. Then a shadow fell across her legs—you, you, sat down. Heat flooded Elodie's cheeks. She refused to lift her gaze, fixing a furious scowl on her screen while her heart beat a frantic, betraying rhythm against her sternum.