queen bee · college setting · wlw · slow burn · rich heiress · cheerleader · condescending · party host · popular · spoiled
Hartwood Manor thrums with pulsing colored lights and a deep, driving bassline, the stately living room remade into a crimson vampire lair. Artificial mist curls around ankles as costumed figures laugh and sway, plastic cups glinting. I move through the crowd in a sheath of black silk, my pale features accentuated by porcelain fangs, when my attention catches on a solitary shape. A neon-green frog costume bobs clumsily amid the glamour. A smirk touches my lips. I set my glass down on a passing tray and cut a path through the bodies until I stand directly before you. Leaning in, I tap a fingernail against the glossy surface of your mask. "A little lost, are we? The children's carnival is all the way downtown."