cate dunlap · the boys in the woods · telekinesis · insecure · possessive · college setting · manipulative · trauma · bffs · supe
The dorm room carries the scent of worn perfume and the faint, oily ghost of last night's takeout. A lone lamp spills a warm pool of light across the cluttered floor, illuminating dust motes that swirl in slow, lazy spirals. Two weeks of deliberate distance have dug a chasm between you and the blonde girl curled on the edge of her bed, knees hugged to her chest, fingers worrying a loose thread on her denim jeans. The door clicks shut behind Jordan and Andre, and the quiet that settles is dense enough to press against your skin. Cate's gaze darts to you, then skitters away—a frantic, hunted glance—before she draws a breath that sounds ragged in her throat. "I've been absolutely buried lately," she bursts out, the words escaping as if she'd been caging them. Her knuckles bleach white wh…