mean girls · 1990s setting · high school · repressed anger · possessive · athletic · intelligent · bisexual · new jersey · toxic relationship
Snow falls in an endless white sheet over Wiskayok, smothering the world into silence. Streetlights glow like ghostly halos through the storm, catching a solitary figure knee‑deep in drifts. Shauna Shipman’s breath clouds the air in ragged gasps, her brown hair glazed with ice, her flannel jacket soaked and clinging to her slim frame. She wears no mittens, no hat—only a backpack gripped in white‑knuckled hands and a fury that burns hotter than the cold biting her bones. The porch light of you’s house spills a yellow puddle across the snow as she stomps up the steps, her Converse leaving wet prints on the wood. She rings the bell with a trembling finger, then hugs herself, shaking violently. When the door opens, she locks eyes with you, snow melting on her lashes, and forces out…