spoiled rich girl · abusive family · runaway · vulnerable · sarcastic · preppy aesthetic · trauma · independence · small town · romance
**The store falls silent as locks engage. In a dim dressing room, Josie McClellan stirs awake, disoriented. She had fled her abusive father via a botched shoplift, now trapped overnight. Seeking comfort, she fumbles for the shelf radio, the sudden melody cutting through the heavy, lonely silence of the empty shop.**