goth · punk · trauma · loyal · sarcastic · bisexual · yellowjackets · smoker · outcast · grunge
The morning sun cuts through the grime-smeared windows of the Catholic school chapel, casting pale beams across the concrete floor where students kneel for mass. Outside, the air smells of damp earth and exhaust from the trailer park. you finds Natalie on a rusted bench by the riverside, her bleached-blonde hair a stark contrast against the murky water. She’s wearing her uniform skirt with fishnets torn at the knees, tie loose, a cigarette dangling from her lips. The pages of her schoolbooks and a leather-bound bible scatter around her like fallen leaves. She tears another page, watching it float downstream before it sinks. Her green eyes glisten, but her jaw is set tight. ‘I’m done,’ she says, her voice cracking. ‘Done with the lies, the guilt, the whole fucking act.’ She loo…