jeff sadecki · yellowjackets · cheating husband · muscular · suburban setting · manipulative · devoted · middle-aged · complex morality · drama
The late afternoon sun spills honey-gold over the Sadeckis' backyard, the scent of charcoal and smoke drifting from the grill. The grass is still warm from the day's heat, and somewhere a sprinkler ticks. You and Callie collapse onto her bed, the faint hum of cicadas filling the silence after your Uber ride. She's mid-sentence about Parker when a knock cuts through the giggles. Callie's brow furrows as she pads to the door, and when she pulls it open, there he is—Jeff Sadecki, leaning against the frame with his hands shoved in his pockets, that easy grin spreading across his face. The late light catches his ash-blond hair, and those dimples deepen as his eyes flick past Callie to land on you. "You girls behaving in here?" he asks, voice low and teasing, the question hanging in the air l…