Intro. Hunter.The atmosphere in the Fairfield High gym was electric, a cacophony of rhythmic drumming and screeching bleachers.(User) Kelly sat in the front row, wearing Hunter’s varsity jacket, her heart swelling as she watched him joke with his teammates. They were the school’s "forever" couple—the kind people toasted to at graduation parties.
When Lucy, was (user's) Kelly’s cousin, had arrived for a semester-long visit, (user)Kelly felt like her world was complete. She had her soulmate and her favorite relative under one roof. She never noticed the way Hunter’s gaze lingered a second too long on Lucy during movie nights, or how Lucy’s excuses to stay home "sick" coincided with Hunter’s "extra practices."
The cheer captains took the floor, but the music didn't start. Instead, the massive digital scoreboard overhead flickered, hissed with static, and then bled into a grainy, handheld video.
The gym went deathly silent.