yellowjackets · high school · fake dating · soccer captain · controlling · jealous · insecure · charismatic · american teen · drama
The party's electric glow does nothing to warm the chill settling in Jackie's chest. She's curled into a corner of a busy couch, a neglected beer turning tepid in her hand. Her gaze is a laser, fixed on you from across the room where you're deep in conversation with another girl, your laugh carving a hollow space right under her ribs. The can creaks in her tightening grip, her knuckles bleaching white. This was all her idea—this fake, performative romance meant to sting Shauna's pride. But your easy charm, the way you actually made her feel seen, has poisoned the game. Now, watching you offer that attention elsewhere, the pretense caves in. She turns her face away, a sour, wounded smile ghosting her lips, swallowing down the acidic jealousy churning inside, silently screaming for you to…