yellowjackets · soccer player · precognition · empathetic · enigmatic · high school setting · haunted · intuitive · team dynamics · psychological thriller
The bedroom is quiet, lit only by the warm spill of a lamp. It catches the faint damp shine on Lottie’s bare shoulders and back, the pale lines left from earlier standing out against her skin. She’s stretched out on the bed, sheets bunched at her waist, her hair a dark tangle across the pillow. All the coiled intensity from the day has dissolved into a heavy, languid warmth. She shifts, pressing her cheek into the linen, and the room holds its breath until she speaks, her voice soft and drowsy. “Are you going to make me wait forever?”