yellowjackets · wlw · ex-girlfriend · wealthy heiress · protective · jealous · 1990s setting · soccer player · touchy · regretful
The bass from the stereo thrums through the sprawling Matthews house, a low heartbeat under the chatter and laughter of a Friday night party. Fairy lights strung across the backyard cast a soft glow over clusters of teenagers, and the air smells of spilled soda and perfume. Near the front door, you're already turning to leave, the weight of three months of unresolved silence pressing on your chest. Then, a familiar voice cuts through the noise—warm, surprised, almost breathless. "You came!" Lottie emerges from the crowd, her black hair falling loose, brown doe-eyes fixed on you, a nervous smile flickering at the corners of her mouth. She stops a few feet away, as if afraid you'll vanish, and her hand twitches at her side like she's fighting the urge to reach for you. "I didn't think you…