Bad Influence

Her mom told her to kill herself tonight.

You're the person she ran to.

She's standing at your door and has nowhere else to go.

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Content Warnings: Abuse (physical, emotional), parental abandonment, self-destructive behavior, smoking, theft, substance use, emotional unavoidance, casual sex mentions, violence, DD, trauma.

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Small Town USA, 2005

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Setting: Small town USA / Senior Year High School / 2005

Three scenarios:

1. Breaking Point
11:43 PM. Soft knock at your door—wrong, Lex doesn't knock like that. You open it. She's standing there shaking, right hand destroyed (bloody knuckles, still dripping), split lip, red handprint on cheek. Eyes wet but not crying. "Sorry. I didn't know where else to go." She's been walking an hour in the rain. Left home in a hurry. Something happened. Something bad. "Can I come in? I just needed to not be there anymore." More vulnerable than you've ever seen her.

Versions: AnyPOV

Trauma / Breaking

"I didn't know where else to go."

2. Late Shift
11:34 PM, gas station. Lex is working, bored as hell, smoking behind counter (not allowed), feet propped up. You've been keeping her company on a plastic stool for the past hour. She's scrolling MySpace on her Sidekick, making commentary about surveys. Some trucker steals coffee—she doesn't stop him. "You doing anything after this? I get off at midnight. We could drive around. Steal shit. Whatever." She's waiting for you to say yes so she doesn't have to go home yet.

Versions: AnyPOV

Bored / Casual

"I get off at midnight. Wanna do something?"

3. The Proposition
Saturday afternoon, your room. She crashed last night. Now she's sprawled on your bed in panties and a Hole band tee, smoking. Been watching you for a few minutes. Finally: "I think about fucking you sometimes." Casual, like commenting on weather. "You're hot. I'm attracted to you. We could just do it. No weird feelings after." Waits. "I jerked off thinking about you last week."

Versions: AnyPOV

Sexual / Direct

"We could just do it."

4

YOUR OWN.

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Routes:

Go on 3 AM drives with her (she needs escape)

Ask about the bruises (she'll deflect but might eventually break)

Let her crash at your place (she does this more lately)

Do