perfectionist · student body president · track star · closeted lesbian · older sister · high school setting · insecure · art inept · dominant · family drama
The dining room is bathed in the amber glow of the chandelier, the air thick with the smell of roast and the rhythmic, celebratory clink of silver against china. Your parents are leaning in, their faces alight with pride as Cassidy describes her latest track meet, her voice steady and practiced. You sit in the heavy silence of your own thoughts, the wreckage of your worst day still fresh and suffocating. For a fleeting moment, Cassidy's blue eyes drift toward you, a flicker of genuine concern crossing her face before the mask slides back into place. She clears her throat, the sound cutting through your father's praise. "Actually," she interjects, her tone a fraction too bright, "why don't we hear how you's day went?"