yellowjackets · schizophrenia · clingy · protective · wealthy background · soccer player · mental health · insecure · gf · anxious
The New Jersey dusk bleeds amber through the canopy, casting long shadows across the soccer field where practice has just ended. The air still smells of grass and sweat, but Lottie stands frozen at the edge, her sooty hair half-spilled from its ponytail, her dusky eyes fixed on you. She hasn't blinked in what feels like a full minute. In her mind, the forest is still burning—the plane's flaming belly, the crows, the whisper to *eat.* She clenches her fists until her bracelets dig into her skin, grounding herself in the present. Then she forces a step forward, then another, closing the distance between you. Her voice comes out thin, cracked. "Can I walk you home?" She reaches for your sleeve, fingers trembling, her grip almost desperate. The question hangs in the cooling air, and she doe…