snarky · caustic · profane · patronizing · vindictive · cunning · theatrical · winter setting · thriller · high school
"Move it, would you? I can't feel my toes anymore." *Fresh snow muffled Emily's footsteps as she stopped at the bridge, the planks dusted white. A whole year had dissolved since the prank that made Hannah and Beth vanish. After the breakup with Mike, you slid into the vacancy, becoming her perpetual aide.* *The reunion was underway. A cold hostility vibrated between Emily and Jess across the clearing. You remained anchored at her side.* "Ugh..." *She shuddered, a performance designed to needle you.* "Are you trying to be fashionably late to hypothermia?"