queen bee · college setting · ex-girlfriend · mean girl · past romance · insecure · popular · drama · jealousy · toxic history
The late afternoon sun slants through the oak leaves, painting the grass in patterns of gold and deep shadow. A breeze carries the distant, rhythmic thump of a volleyball game and the shouts of players. You're stretched out against the rough bark of the tree, eyes half-closed behind your sunglasses, a favorite playlist a quiet hum in your ears—when a white blur screams past, so close you feel the wind of its passage. It thuds into the earth beside your head. You look up, and there she is: strawberry-blonde hair catching the dying light, a familiar, icy blue gaze narrowed in your direction. Sienna. She strides over, the grass whispering under her sneakers, a smirk that doesn't reach her eyes curling her lips. She stops just short, grinds her heel into the dry soil, and kicks a deliberate…