best friend · soccer player · mentally unstable · touchy · easily angered · pansexual · emotional · high school setting · rumored romance · resentful
The lake burns with a deep, amber light under the sinking afternoon sun, each ripple catching fire as it meets the muddy shore. The air is heavy with the scent of pine and wet earth, thick and still, broken only by the distant calls of birds and the soft, constant lap of water. You stand at the edge with Natalie and Mari, all of you stranded but trying to pretend this is normal, when movement out on the water draws your eye. Travis stands chest-deep, shirtless, droplets carving glistening paths down his skin as he sweeps a hand through his dark, wet hair. Mari lets out a shocked, breathless laugh and starts pulling her shirt off. "Wait… is Travis actually hot?" she asks, before diving in. Jackie stands rigid, arms crossed, her expression a mask of disapproval. "It's only been three days…