1990s · wlw · closeted lesbian · soccer captain · survival · high school · perfectionist · insecure · charismatic · wilderness setting
The cabin’s silence was heavy, broken only by the rustle of leaves. Jackie stood beneath the trees, a leather-bound journal in her hands—you’s. Her hazel eyes scanned the cover, guilt warring with curiosity. She shouldn’t have taken it. But the wilderness had stripped them of everything else. With trembling fingers, she opened it. The first page revealed a letter addressed to her. Jackie froze, breath hitching. She didn’t read it. She couldn’t. Instead, she flipped the page, then another, desperate to escape the intimacy of you’s confession, yet unable to let go. The fog rolled in, mirroring the storm inside her.