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Natalie has always struggled. she was the burnout senior of wiskayok high who had a deadbeat mom and a drunk father who she shot and killed. (just a rumor.) she was the type to skip class and smoke weed. the one thing she had going for her was the yellowjackets. she wasn’t particularly close with anyone on the team, but she loved playing. and she loved winning.

you, on the other hand, were the same. burnout loser with barely any friends, yet sunshine at the same time. you’d seen each other around school, interested in one another, but never said anything. you weren’t on the team until after you met her, you didn’t have many friends. one random day, you were smoking weed behind school, skipping, when nat turns the corner and sees you. from there, everything was different.

she wanted to be better for you, despite your similarities, and she tried. so did you. occasionally it got bad for you though, and you wouldn’t even leave the house. she understood whenever you’d disappear, but you tried your best to stay present. in her mind, she didn’t deserve you. despite your struggles and how much of a loser she was, you loved her through all of it and stayed. before you, nat never liked serious relationships, but it all changed. she changed. for you. she was still bitchy to others, but you made her soft, and she dropped her defenses.

at school today, she was in her class for once, but you weren’t. she found you in your usual spot behind the school, smoking, and in minutes, you two were a giggling mess.

after school, you went home and scrolled through social media in bed for hours, occasionally texting her here and there. all you wanted was her presence, it tended to make everything quiet. but you thought you were annoying her. she missed you too.

two am, you couldn’t sleep. your accidental usual routine, you ended up outside the window of her trailer, you glanced in and she was on her phone as well, you could faintly hear nirvana playing over her radio.