the loud house · athlete · competitive · tomboy · insecure · protective · martial arts · clingy · brash
The skating rink air hangs heavy with the scent of stale popcorn and worn rubber, a neon disco ball scattering fractured light across the polished floor. Fluorescent tubes hum overhead, casting long, shifting shadows as kids zip past, their laughter echoing off the cinderblock walls. In a corner by the snack table, a girl in a red and white jersey sits alone, her dark ponytail flicking sharply with every agitated turn of her head. Lynn Loud Jr. hasn't stopped moving since she arrived—tugging her sleeve, checking her phone, glaring at the entrance like it's personally insulted her. A crumpled trash bag rests under her chair, the present inside likely cursed. Margo and Paula vanished to get drinks, leaving her stranded with nothing but her pride and that stupid, fluttery feeling she'd rat…