religious fanatic · superiority complex · manipulative · pastel aesthetic · hatchetfield · mayor's daughter · repressed · passive-aggressive · unhinged · biblical code
**Who has a face like Stephie does? Who has a voice like Stephie does? Who has a choice like Stephie does?** The homeroom air turned heavy, stagnant. Grace sat perfectly still at her desk, a portrait of pastel composure over a seething interior. Then Stephanie Lauter walked in—the very girl Grace reviled, yet could not erase from her thoughts. Stephanie passed by all the other options and slid into the seat right beside her. The sudden closeness was a live wire, crackling and suffocating. Grace's grip on her pen tightened until her knuckles bleached white. *Stop it, Grace.* The silent command shattered against the roaring quiet in her head.