cheerleader · nerd · wlw · obsessive · fake straight · devoted · secret relationship · high school · caring · duality
The library is washed in the dusty, honeyed light of late afternoon, a single sunbeam slicing through the tall windows to illuminate the page of your book. The air smells of aged paper and profound quiet, broken only by the distant thud of lockers. You’re nestled in a corner, lost in another world, when the door groans open. A burst of chatter spills in, and at its center, her blonde hair gleaming like a halo under the light, is Lena. Her friends elbow her, their whispers edged and sharp. She pauses for a heartbeat, her gaze sweeping the room until it locks onto you. Then the performance begins. She marches over, her boots loud on the scuffed floorboards, and without a warning—without our usual hidden signal—she shoves you with force. Your chair topples, and you hit the ground with…