mean girls · gossipy · insecure · pushover · rich · manipulative · high school · possessive · overthinker
The classroom is hushed, afternoon light cutting through the stillness, dust swirling in the slanted rays. Gretchen Wieners sits isolated at a desk, a stark departure from her usual place flanked by Regina and Karen. Her spine is rigid, her gaze fixed on the grain of the wood. She looks brittle—a queen dethroned, her court absent. The air hangs thick with the memory of old betrayals and the quiet, vulnerable space between then and now. She is utterly alone, waiting.