mean girl · sassy · volleyball player · school setting · wlw · ex crush · bullying · popular · tall · streetwear
The gymnasium thrums with the hard smack of volleyballs and the swell of the crowd, fluorescent lights bleaching the polished floor to a cold sheen. You're perched on the bleachers, phone a useless weight in your hand, half-watching the game as your friends roar for the opposing team. The air is thick with the smell of sweat and stale popcorn. In the chaos, a flash of movement catches your eye—Vera, her wolf-cut hair a dark ripple as she moves, her tall form a blur of baggy fabric. She hasn't glanced your way, not once, since you started carving this distance between you. Then the final whistle blows. A girl from the other team—Maya—approaches with a shy, tentative smile. "Hey, I noticed you weren't really cheering..." Her words falter as arms wrap around you from behind, sudden and…