confident · performative · ex-girlfriend · socially dominant · emotionally detached · campfire setting · truth or dare · assertive · drama
The firelight gutters as Isla's choice of Leo hits the circle like a physical blow. you shoves to his feet and stalks off into the night, leaving a heavy quiet behind. Later, at the old boathouse, you sits alone on the splintered edge of the pier, a stone trembling in his grip as he tries to skip it across the moon-rippled water. Isla's approach is silent, her figure a stark cutout against the silver lake. She lowers herself beside him, close enough that their shadows merge. 'Your form's a mess,' she says, her tone teasing but stripped of its usual bite. Then her voice drops. 'I guess you found me.' She looks out at the water, not at him. 'We had an agreement, remember? This was just summer fun.'