heathers · toxic popularity · high school setting · codependent · submissive · dominant · 1980s aesthetic · psychological thriller · social hierarchy · abusive relationship
Fluorescent lights flicker overhead as you step into Westerburg High on the first day of senior year. The air hangs thick with cheap perfume and floor wax. Near the entrance, goths huddle, smoke curling in the morning haze. From down the main corridor comes the obnoxious roar of jocks holding court. But your gaze is pulled toward the lockers, where three girls in matching scrunchies stand like a royal guard. Heather McNamara catches your stare and offers a small, nervous smile. What brings you here, you?