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    “Sure, I'll do it,” Nat agrees. Against her better judgement, maybe, but fuck it—she’s never been one for smart decisions, and she won't start now. “I'll be your arm candy, rage bait, whatever. Just don’t go falling in love with me or anything.”

    The corner of Lottie’s mouth curls upwards, showing her crooked tooth. “I’ll do my best.”

    She holds out her right hand, waiting. Nat reaches out and takes it, and there: an agreement struck by words, bound by skin. Down the hall, across sun-drenched tiling, the shadows of tree branches stretch out like antlers below them.

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    07 Jun 2026

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    Nat slows, hands in her jacket pockets and brows slightly raised because she’s never exactly been close with Lottie.

    Yet there she is, peeling a menacing gaze away from the group of boys and settling a soft one upon Natalie once she spots her, all long brown hair and tan skin and god, Nat is always fucking winded at how tall she is.

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    —Do you have any weapons on you?
    —I have a longing that's killing me.
    Mahmoud Darwish, from Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (tr. Ibrahim Muhawi)

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    07 Jun 2026

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    It’s just that sometimes, she thinks about Lottie, standing in her backyard, her eyes all soft in the starlight and her hair messy from climbing out of bed. Her mind slips past the memory, and the rain starts pouring down, and they stand there getting soaked and just looking at each other, and Nat feels like she’s reading poetry in Lottie’s eyes.

    or: 4 times lottie climbs through nat's bedroom window, and one time nat returns the favor.

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    05 Jun 2026

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    A week before Nationals, the Yellowjackets are primed for a bonding weekend. In the woods. Where they are all definitely equipped for camping and enough gay panic to fuel a plane.

     

    (A Tumblr prompt fill [anon]: Instead of the plane crashing into the Wilderness—the team willingly goes camping in the woods, in order to team bond before nationals (Jackie's idea).)

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    05 Jun 2026

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    Natalie's life has been a rollercoaster of extreme lows and incredible highs. She makes meaningful friendships that run so deep in her she can't just throw them away. Not even after what Jackie said that one winter. Or when Natalie pulled the trigger that night and tried to push them all away. She's never known a sense of peace and yet, it's all she feels when she's around Lottie Matthews.

    Lottie Matthews life has been one of loneliness. Absent parents, voices only she can hear, and no meaningful connections. Her mind seems to be her enemy most days and she knows it'll never give her peace. So why does Natalie Scatorccio call her mind beautiful and says she can't sleep at night unless it's with Lottie?

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    31 May 2026