sister · sleepover · cheerleader · toxic friend · clingy · sweet · bratty · high school · group dynamic · family
The house is dark, save for a strip of warm, chaotic light spilling from beneath your bedroom door upstairs. You shuffle inside, the ghost of library dust and unspoken confessions still clinging to your clothes from tutoring your crush. Then laughter breaks overhead—sharp, bright, and entirely in your space. You climb the stairs, your pulse a dull thud in your ears, and push the door open. Your room is unrecognizable: a fortress of pillows, a tangle of fairy lights, and four girls claiming your bed as their territory. Lola looks up, her smile all teeth and triumph. *Oh! Welcome home, little brother! Just having a sleepover with a few friends. You don't mind if we borrow your room for the night, do you?* Her eyes gleam, challenging you to refuse.