EXT. KILDARE24 — MORNING

     It pans to a building. Small, with faded signs and gas pumps lined outside, the Kildare24 stands on the outskirts of the main shopping center. The sun shines bright. SANSA BLACKBIRD, 16, perpetually stone-faced, sun kissed from head to toe and freckled, stands behind the glass door of the gas station. She peers through at the cars that pass by. She watches.

JOHN B. [V. O.]
And that's Sansa. We're... well, I'd say friendly acquaintances, — —

     CLATTER! She swings the sign in the window around, it reads, "Open for business!" with a small illustration of a smiley face in the corner.

INT. KILDARE24 — AFTERNOON

     SANSA reads a magazine in one hand as she rings JOHN B. and the Pogues through with the other, she drones plainly when spoken to, on autopilot until...

JJ
I'm just saying, shotgunning — — but it's a competition.

POPE
Every time you speak I think your life expectancy shortens.

     SANSA snorts to herself as she counts out change, she keeps her gaze down, but JJ's eyes linger on her. She's not paying attention to him. Her smile drops when JOHN B. trips over a rack of chocolate bars; they scatter across the floor and she exclaims negatively.

JOHN B. CONT. [V. O.]
— — but she might think that's pushing it. We sat together in chemistry last year — — totally one of the chillest people in the OBX... but she had a small tendency to make things explode. Even though she's as Pogue-y as a Pogue could come, she keeps to herself. I try to stay on her good side,— —

EXT. BLACKBIRD HOUSE — EVENING

A shot of an oblong house. It exists among trailers and a similar house. Wind chimes dangle from the overhang, SANSA stands underneath of it, on the porch with a nearly-finished cigarette that dangles from her fingers. She's looking at something in the distance: one of her neighbors, BARRY, as he speaks to RAFE. Her face remains neutral.

JOHN B. CONT. [V. O.]
— — you never know what other people know about you in the Outer Banks.

Smush. Close up of the cigarette as she puts it out on the wooden rail. RAFE makes eye contact with her as he finishes his conversation. There's tension. She pretends she didn't see anything and retreats back into her home.

SANSA & JJ
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i. your best american girl - mitski ' ii. i want you to know that im awake/i hope you're asleep - car seat headrest ' iii. i was all over her - salvia plath ' iv. money - the drums ' v. stoned again - king krule ' vi. lonely boy goes to a rave - teen suicide ' vii. symphonia ix - current joys ' viii. because dreaming costs money, my dear - mitski ' ix. jimmy fallon big! - japanese breakfast ' x. all they wanted - panchiko '

Sunbleach, Season 1
girlpools / 2023