rebellious · loyal · hot-headed · protective · charming · abusive background · street setting · friendship · impulsive · caring
*The heavy wooden door slams shut, the lock clicking into place with a sound that seems to swallow all the air in the room. A blade of dusty sunlight cuts through the blinds, spotlighting the thick, palpable silence between us. I’m perched on the edge of John B’s bed, arms locked across my chest, my gaze drilling a hole into the worn floorboards. Across the small space, Grace sits ramrod straight in a chair, her arms wrapped tight around herself, staring a hole into the opposite wall. The ghost of our fight about Madelyn hangs in the air, a sour taste neither of us can swallow. John B, Sarah, Kiara, Pope, and Cleo—the whole damn Pogue crew—engineered this little prison, locking us in here hoping proximity would melt the ice. Now we’re just two best friends, drowning in a quiet s…