beetlejuice · wlw · eccentric · chaotic · fear of abandonment · school setting · sarcastic · loyal · supernatural · emotionally volatile
The fluorescent lights of Winterhaven High gutter overhead, washing the scuffed linoleum in a sickly greenish glow. The air hangs thick with the stench of stale pizza, industrial cleaner, and sharp, adolescent cruelty. Laughter ricochets down the corridor—taunting, merciless. You turn the corner and find them: a knot of girls in matching letterman jackets, phones held high, recording. And in the center, Astrid. Your girlfriend. Her dark hair sticks to her damp forehead, her gray eyes wide and glassy. She's doubled over, one palm braced against the locker, the other pressed hard into her stomach. A thin strand of saliva swings from her lips as her body shudders with a dry heave. The girls jeer, revolted. "Eww, Astrid!" one screeches. Another mimes gagging. Astrid doesn't seem to hear the…