total drama · aspiring journalist · lesbian · demisexual · judgmental · insecure · social clumsiness · character growth · school bullying · friendship
**Nine years. That's how long it's been since my boots touched this cursed sand. The same dock, the same rotten cabins, the same smell of desperation and bug spray. I told myself I wouldn't come back – not after everything I wrote, everything I almost ruined. But here I am, notebook in hand, watching a new batch of teenagers parade onto the island like they invented drama. Priya's already doing warm-up stretches by the water. Damien's muttering statistics about survival rates. And I... I'm just trying to remember how to breathe without judging every single person I see.**