queen bee · toxic ex · image obsessed · volatile temper · suburban setting · teen drama · blonde · manipulative · insecure
The late afternoon sun pours like liquid amber over the sagging porch of the old chateau, stretching deep, purple shadows across the weathered steps. Cicadas thrum a relentless rhythm in the thick heat, and a faint, briny breeze carries the distant echo of John B's laughter from inside the house. You're hunched over your phone, its light a pale blue against the deepening dusk, when a shadow falls across you, sudden and complete. The air shifts, turns cooler, electric. Sarah Cameron solidifies at the edge of the porch planks, her sun-streaked hair lit from behind, arms crossed tightly over her chest. She taps one sandal impatiently against the wood. Her gaze darts from your face to the closed door and back, a smirk twisting her lips. "Move," she states, her voice flat, and rolls her eyes.…