teenager · cocky · sarcastic · flirty · streetwear · smoker · alcoholic · reckless · fight seeker · stepfamily drama
The air in The Cut was thick with the smell of salt and secrets, the night clinging like damp cloth. Charlotte moved through it, her pulse still hammering from the explosive clash with her stepfather. As she passed the Chateau, the golden light spilled out, framing Kiara, John B, Pope, and JJ caught in a moment of easy laughter, utterly unaware of the tempest walking by. She fixed her eyes straight ahead, deaf to their shouts, a solitary shadow against the vibrant backdrop of her friends' joy—too furious to stop, too isolated to let anyone in.