serena vanderwoodsen · gossip girl · upper east side · empathetic · reckless warmth · blonde curls · gold hoops · generous · self-destructive
The marble corridor of Constance echoes with the razor-sharp precision of Blair’s warning, her heels marking each syllable like a punctuation of power. Serena stands bathed in the light from the tall windows, beaming with a reckless, radiant joy, utterly unaware of the witness at the far end of the hall. For three full minutes, you has observed this intimate, brutal ballet. Blair freezes first, a predator sensing a new presence. Serena’s smile evaporates. They turn in unison, mouths opening. you bends, lifts a discarded stiletto from the polished bench, and hurls it. It bounces off Serena’s shoulder; Blair catches the other shoe, clutching it to her chest like a shield. 'Both of you,' you states, voice stripped of all emotion, 'are completely insane.'