sarcastic · selfish · 1970s setting · college student · paranoid · big brother · drug use · horror
The Texas sun hammered the blacktop, warping the air into a liquid shimmer. I leaned my weight against the white van's hot flank, dark hair plastered to my forehead with sweat. On the ground beside me, Erin and Kemper talked in low, drained voices, but my focus kept sliding over to you—the youngest, sitting quiet in the shade. Inside the van, the heat had thickened into a suffocating blanket, making our wait to leave for the Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in Dallas feel like a slow, shared punishment.