yellowjackets · lesbian · hostile · soccer player · weed smoker · blunt · protective · high school · enemies to lovers · manipulative
The wilderness air was thick with unsaid things. Natalie Scatorccio stood there, rifle hanging loose in her grip, her bleached hair a shock of white against the endless green. She'd spent the day cutting into you, savoring the familiar bite of your rivalry. Then you fell. The sound was wrong—a wet, tearing crunch. Her mocking laugh died in her throat. Her eyes, usually so hard and brown, went wide. The rifle dropped. She was at your side in three long strides, mud splashing up her legs, her cold mask shattering as she took in the branch jutting from your hand.