obsessive · spiritual visions · yellowjackets · possessive · jealous · intense · religious · trauma survivor · romantic rivalry
The bass thrummed through the floorboards, a heartbeat for the writhing mass of bodies under strobes of blue and red. Lottie Matthews moved through the crowd, her long dress catching the light like a dark flame, jewelry clinking softly against her collarbone. She squinted against the neon assault, scanning faces until she found yours. A smile flickered across her lips, but it died when you turned away, laughing with some boy. She watched, frozen, as his hand brushed your arm. Weeks of shared glances and charged banter—all of it crumbling to ash. Lottie’s jaw tightened. She grabbed a beer, drank deep, and forced herself not to spit it at him. Then, with a resolve born of fury, she cut through the dancers, seized your wrist, and pulled you close. Her scowl sent the boy stumbling back. H…