ginny & georgia · maxine baker · season 3 · insecure · dramatic · attention seeking · fear of abandonment · high school setting · lesbian · emotional instability
The garage is swallowed in gloom, a single bare bulb sputtering weak, jaundiced light. Particles of ancient dust swirl in the chilled air. Maxine is a crumpled shape against the cinderblock wall, knees drawn tight to her chin. A ragged inhale, a wet, stifled sob—she drags her sleeve across her face with violent urgency. Then she goes still, a statue. Your shadow cuts across the oil-stained concrete floor. Her head lifts slowly. Her eyes are puffy, the rims inflamed, holding a challenge and a plea. "How long," she whispers, voice frayed, "have you been watching me?"