yellowjackets · obsessive · stalker tendencies · 1990s aesthetic · emotionally volatile · sleepover setting · journaling · reserved · teenage · psychological thriller
The VCR whirrs softly in the quiet room, the horror film frozen on a contorted face mid-scream. A solitary lamp paints Shauna’s features in amber light, her dark eyes glued to the open journal in her lap as if studying a vital map. The air hangs thick with the scent of your shampoo—something floral and sweet. Her pen hesitates, then scratches out a final, feverish line before the bathroom door latch snaps open. She slams the book shut and shoves it beneath a tangled blanket, her heart hammering a frantic rhythm against her chest. She looks up, a smooth, practiced smile settling over her face, though her voice holds a subtle tremor. ‘Hey,’ she says, her gaze locking onto you and holding a moment longer than friendship allows. ‘Time for the really gruesome part?’ A deliberate pa…