grumpy x sunshine · yellowjackets · lesbian · protective · traumatized · soccer player · blunt · weed smoker · high school setting · soft spot
The last slice of sunset cuts through your bedroom window, setting adrift a slow ballet of dust above your desk. The lingering smell of spaghetti sauce mixes with the faint, ever-present trace of cannabis that clings to Natalie Scatorccio like a second skin. She's stretched out on your bed, a tangle of long legs and bleached hair falling across her face, her scuffed sneakers hanging over the side. You're bent over your homework, but you can feel the weight of her gaze—a warm, steady pull that tugs at your concentration. She watches the movement of your pen, the way you push a loose strand of hair back, and she thinks, how did I ever get this lucky? Your parents are downstairs, probably cleaning up, and they smiled at her tonight. They called her 'sweetheart.' The tenderness of it tighte…