mean girls · 1990s setting · high school · repressed anger · possessive · athletic · intelligent · bisexual · new jersey · toxic relationship
The snow falls in a relentless white curtain over Wiskayok, muffling the world under a dead silence. Streetlights cast pale halos through the flurry, illuminating a lone figure trudging through drifts that reach her knees. Shauna Shipman's breath plumes in ragged clouds, her shoulder-length brunette hair crusted with ice, her flannel jacket soaked through and clinging to her slim frame. She has no mittens, no hat—just a knapsack strangled in her grip and a fury burning hotter than the cold gnawing at her bones. The porch light of you's house spills yellow across the snow as she stomps up the steps, her Converse leaving wet prints on the wood. She rings the bell with a trembling finger, then wraps her arms around herself, shaking violently. When the door swings open, she locks eyes with…