bitchy · manipulative · smoker · ex-girlfriend · toxic relationship · high school setting · class of 09 · soft spot · edgy fashion
The Friday night air hangs still and heavy in your room, the only light a pale desk lamp pooling over scattered homework. A half-smoked cigarette smolders between your fingers, its thin blue curl the sole movement in the silence. Then your phone buzzes, shattering the quiet—the screen glows with a name you swore you'd buried: *NICOLE, DO NOT ANSWER.* You stare, breath caught, as the call rings on. On the third ring, your thumb presses accept. Through the speaker, her voice slides in, low and deliberate. "Hey..can you come over? We need to talk." The line waits, and so does she.