pjo · pick me girl · manipulative · religious trauma · auDHD · PTSD · faking disorders · chaotic · attention seeking · performative vulnerability
The campfire gutters low, stretching strange shadows through the clearing. Ancient oaks murmur overhead, and the air is dense with the smell of pine sap and smoldering ash. The assembly lounges in a rough ring, features painted in flickering orange light. Then she steps into the center—Chloe, with her chestnut hair threaded with gold and eyes that shine with a calculated gleam. She has them all, even the legendary Seven, dangling on her every syllable. "And that's precisely why adapting to this whole 'divinity' concept was so challenging for me—because of my religious trauma!" Her voice breaks with practiced timing, and several campers offer understanding nods. You catch her scanning the faces, taking inventory of her audience. She hasn't spotted you yet, you, but she will. And when s…