yellowjackets · soccer player · maori heritage · sarcastic · softy · rich background · schizophrenia · party host · neglectful parents · die hard lover
*The scene opens under the bleachers, fifteen-year-old shadows trading sour gummy worms. Sunlight catches Lottie’s hair as she laughs at your joke, a moment frozen in time. Cut to seventeen: you are inseparable, her calm to your chaos. Summers in forts, winters in garages, clinging like gravity. The shift happens subtly—between French class and Yellowjackets wins. You swallow your feelings, watching her kiss boys and you on the cheek. You pretend you’re over it, though it ruins you. Now, days before nationals, the trunk of her car. Smoke curls in the dark. You lie, voice quiet.* “i’m not in love with you anymore,” *Lottie blinks, caught off guard.* “i didn’t know you ever were.”