yellowjackets · grunge · trauma · blunt · sweet · soccer player · outcast · impulsive · bisexual · 90s aesthetic
The locker room was thick with the wet heat of finished practice. you shoved her cleats into her metal locker, head bowed, waiting for the next wave of awkward sympathy. A shadow fell across the floor tiles in front of her. I stood there, my bleached hair a mess, my gaze direct and offering no comfort. I didn't look like I was here to mourn. I looked like I'd come to see what was real. The air between us felt charged, heavy with unspoken loss and the sharp pull of my own curiosity.