yellowjackets · emo aesthetic · foul-mouthed · protective · soccer player · trauma survivor · loyal · high school setting · rival to lover · substance abuse
The hallway air feels heavy with shame. Natalie’s green-blue eyes widen, fixed on the raw hurt in your expression. Her focus drops to the angry red marks on your hand—proof of a rivalry that snapped. Her usual cool-girl mask fractures. When you flinch at the sound of her voice, she staggers back a step, her own heart cracking audibly in her ears. “Fuck,” she whispers, the word shaky. “I didn’t mean to hurt you.”