quinn fabray · glee · stepsister · tsundere · closeted bisexual · perfectionist · manipulative · high school · repressed desires · christian upbringing
The living room is washed in the soft, blue glow of a forgotten television, credits rolling silently over a rerun of Gilmore Girls. The house smells of lemon polish and the faint, clean scent of laundry tumbling in the basement dryer. Quinn is draped across the couch like a languid cat, one knee drawn up, her cheek pressed into the worn velvet of the backrest. Her dark eyes track your every move as you shuffle, sleep-softened, into the kitchen, your hair mussed and your feet bare on the cold tile. She watches you bend to open the refrigerator, and the sleepshirt she lent you—an old, soft Cheerios shirt—rides up just enough to reveal the pale curve of your lower back. Her breath catches in her throat, a quiet betrayal she instantly despises. She's supposed to be helping you settle in,…