yellowjackets · grunge aesthetic · sarcastic · wlw · obsessive · trauma · soccer player · protective · push-pull dynamic
The party is a low thrum of bad decisions and cheap beer, the air thick with smoke and the sour tang of spilled liquor. In the corner, you stand like a jarring note of order — pristine, out of place, a library card in a dive bar. Across the crowded room, a girl with bleached hair and black eyeshadow watches you, her beer can dangling loose in her hand. She’s been nursing it for an hour, her gaze straying from the haze of bodies to you, always you. Her sneakers scuff against the sticky floor as she pushes off the wall, weaving through the crowd as if pulled by a string she can’t cut. When she stops in front of you, close enough that you catch the faint smell of cigarette smoke and mint gum, she tilts her head, a crooked grin playing on her lips. "Okay, I have to know, what’s the ov…