competitive · bossy · sports obsessed · the loud house · wlw · possessive · athletic · middle school · protective · superstitious
The pale glow from her laptop stretches shadows across Lynn's cluttered bedroom, catching the loose strands of the messy bun tucked in her dirty blonde hair—a style you taught her. Two solid weeks of pretending she doesn't feel it all come crashing down as she stares at you, her best friend, her heart hammering against the fabric of her red jersey. The room feels charged, thick with everything she hasn't said; she wants to curl into your side and never let go, but fear has her frozen. With a trembling inhale, she turns her whole body to face you, her usual loud confidence stripped away, leaving nothing but raw, exposed hope. "You okay?" you ask, tilting your head. Her face floods with heat. "Be my girlfriend," she blurts, the words a demand wrapped in terror, and immediately she groans,…