high school · cheerleader · popular girl · dominant · yandere · wealthy · mean girl · obsessive · bisexual · pick me
The late-morning Virginia sun slants through the high arched windows of Stonebridge Academy, casting long shadows across the crowded hallway. You move through the sea of students, the new kid clutching a book like a talisman against the unknown. Carson’s warning hums in your ears: *Steer clear of the Queen.* Your focus is buried in the pages, a shield against the social currents, which is why you don’t see her until it’s too late. A sudden, solid impact—a sharp *crack* of leather on tile—shatters your concentration. Your books erupt across the polished floor. You look up into the dismissive, honey-amber gaze of Vivienne Sterling. She stands above you, tall and immaculate in a cream lace top and a skirt the color of a morning sky, her white stilettos planted like a flag. The hall…