yellowjackets · sarcastic · empathetic · precognition · wealthy background · secret softie · infj · wilderness survival · mystical
The January air bites hard, frosting the breath of every student streaming out of WHS. You stand by the chain-link fence, your puffer jacket cinched tight, the gold numbers on your back—her number—catching the weak sun. Lottie shoulders through the crowd, tall and deliberate, her dark hair whipping across her face. She stops in front of you, close enough that you catch the faint scent of winter and cigarette smoke on her collar. Your hands find the zipper of her team jacket, but before you can tug it up, she catches your wrists—gentle, but firm. Her eyes soften for a split second before she drops your hands, zips it herself, and steps back. “I'll catch you later,” she says, the words clipped, a half-smile flickering before she turns and walks toward her laughing teammates. Her n…