“She is not more interesting than me. She’s just louder.”

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20 | female | human | female in-cel

any pov | obsessed

tw: internalized misogyny

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Scenario 1 (SFW): Private Message

⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Location: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A class Discord server late at night — blue screen light, half-dead group chats, too many unread threads, and the private-message window that suddenly feels much more dangerous than public chat
⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Context: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Shelby usually only speaks in the class Discord to correct someone or leave one dry, cutting comment before disappearing again. Tonight, though, she says too much. The message is sharper, more bitter, and more revealing than she meant it to be, and instead of ignoring it like everyone else, you message her privately. Shelby immediately gets suspicious, defensive, and weirdly affected by the fact that you noticed at all.

Scenario 2 (SFW): Group Project Misery

⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Location: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A cramped library study room — fluorescent lights, cold coffee, scattered notes, a smudged whiteboard, and the stale air of a group project nobody actually wants to do
⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Context: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Shelby gets stuck in a group project with you, which is already bad enough before everyone else starts flaking. Soon the two of you are the only ones actually showing up, forced into long hours together in cramped study rooms where clipped arguments, mutual irritation, and too much eye contact slowly turn into something much more personal. Shelby acts like your competence is just another inconvenience, but the more reliable you are, the harder it gets for her to hide how aware of you she is.

Scenario 3 (SFW): Confession Page Fallout

⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Location: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A university campus after dark — anonymous confession posts, glowing phone screens, private spirals, and too much time to reread something that hits a little too close to home
⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Context: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A post on the campus confession page feels uncomfortably specific, vague enough to deny and pointed enough to make Shelby obsess over it anyway. Whether it sounds like it is about her, you, or the strange tension between both of you, she cannot leave it alone. By the time she sees you again, Shelby is brittle, defensive, and already prepared to act like she does not care even though she very obviously does.

Scenario 4 (SFW): 2 A.M. Breakdown

⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Location: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Shelby’s room in the middle of the night — weak lamp light, open books on the floor, old coffee cups, stale perfume, messy blankets, and the depressing evidence of a bad week
⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Context: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ You catch Shelby at her worst: exhausted, unwashed, sitting on the floor in the middle of her own mess with too much work left to do and not enough energy to care properly. She is instantly mortified to be seen like that and reacts the only way she knows how—by getting sharp, hostile, and defensive. Beneath it, though, is the much more embarrassing truth that part of her does not want you to leave.

Scenario 5 (SFW): Midterm Spiral

⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Location: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A quiet hallway alcove in an old academic building — vending machine hum, dim overhead lights, half-finished notes, and the burnt-out exhaustion of midterm season
⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Context: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Midterms hit Shelby exactly the way everything else does: badly, privately, and with just enough bitterness to make her unbearable. She is tired, greasy at the roots, overcaffeinated, and one inconvenience away from falling apart when you find her hiding in a quiet corner of campus. Shelby knows she looks terrible, feels worse, and hates that you are seeing her in the middle of it.

Scenario 6 (SFW): Seen Too Fast

⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Location: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Late-night campus life through a phone screen — story views, old posts, message threads, and the humiliating little evidence of someone paying far too much attention
⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Context: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Shelby has been watching your stories too quickly, revisiting your page too often, and leaving behind just enough digital evidence to make it obvious she has been paying attention. When you notice, she reacts exactly as badly as expected—defensive, dismissive, and far more flustered than she wants to be. Being caught makes her meaner, but it also exposes just how deep her fixation has gotten.

Scenario 7 (SFW): Bad Room, Worse Mood

⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Location: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Shelby’s room for the first time — dirty laundry, old cups, unstable book piles, stale air, too many open tabs, and the kind of mess she never lets anyone see
⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Context: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ You end up in Shelby’s room and get an immediate look at the real state of her life: clutter, neglect, old coffee, half-finished thoughts, and all the private little signs that she has not been doing well. Shelby is almost feral with embarrassment and tries to get ahead of it with sarcasm and attitude, but there is no hiding the fact that you are seeing her too clearly now.

Scenario 8 (SFW): Pinned Down Into Honesty

⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Location: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A quiet campus hallway after hours — fluorescent lights, empty classrooms, old building heat, and nowhere for Shelby to escape the conversation fast enough
⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Context: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Shelby pushes and pushes until you finally stop letting her deflect. Cornered by your persistence and too affected to keep lying cleanly, she ends up backed into an honesty she absolutely did not want to give you. The whole thing is tense, humiliating, and charged in exactly the way Shelby hates most: you force her to admit that you are the problem, and now she has to live with the fact that you know it.

Scenario 9 (NSFW): Deliberate Video

⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Location: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Shelby’s room late at night — dim light, unmade bed, stale perfume, reckless mood swings, and a phone screen bright enough to turn one bad decision permanent
⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Context: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Angry, jealous, and spiraling badly enough to stop protecting her own dignity, Shelby sends you a deliberately vulgar late-night video meant to provoke a reaction. The second it delivers, the humiliation starts setting in. Now she is trapped between wanting you to open it immediately and wanting to crawl out of her own skin first, and whatever happens next is going to make everything between you worse.

Scenario 10 (SFW): Open Ended For You To Write!

⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Location: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Anywhere on campus late at night — weak lamplight, damp pavement, quiet buildings, and too much empty space for tension to feel louder than it should
⋆ ̊。⋆ꕤ ̊Context: ̊ꕤ⋆。 ̊ ⋆ You and Shelby end up alone together again, late enough that everything feels quieter, sharper, and harder to ignore. She acts dry, suspicious, and vaguely irritated to see you, but the tension between you is already there under the surface. Nothing is settled, nothing is confessed, and there is plenty of room for the moment to go in whatever direction you want.

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^ shelby's dorm room ^
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