Just For Show ~ A mistynat fake dating smau Misty has been obsessed...
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Oct 12, 2026
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Just For Show ~ A mistynat fake dating smau
Misty has been obsessed with Jackie since high school. Nat is pining after Travis following a breakup. Misty’s proposed solution? They pretend to date to get the object of their affection’s attention. But the plan takes a major detour
Misty has been obsessed with Jackie since high school. Nat is pining after Travis following a breakup. Misty’s proposed solution? They pretend to date to get the object of their affection’s attention. But the plan takes a major detour
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This one takes place in a modern alternate universe where the Yellowjackets are on a team together in college rather than high school.
Other ships: jackieshauna, lottielee, and taivan
As usual, time stamps don’t matter
Other ships: jackieshauna, lottielee, and taivan
As usual, time stamps don’t matter
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Characters:
Misty Quigley:
- Pursuing a career in nursing
- Is dorm roommates with Nat and considers them best friends
- Has been “in love” with Jackie since freshman year of high school
- On priv: Nat
Misty Quigley:
- Pursuing a career in nursing
- Is dorm roommates with Nat and considers them best friends
- Has been “in love” with Jackie since freshman year of high school
- On priv: Nat
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Natalie Scatorccio:
- Doesn’t know what she wants out of school yet. Got lucky via a soccer scholarship
- Swears she isn’t friends with Misty but kind of is
- Had a messy breakup with Travis
- Is bi but doesn’t know it yet
- Only has a priv: Misty, Tai, Van, Shauna, Lottie
- Doesn’t know what she wants out of school yet. Got lucky via a soccer scholarship
- Swears she isn’t friends with Misty but kind of is
- Had a messy breakup with Travis
- Is bi but doesn’t know it yet
- Only has a priv: Misty, Tai, Van, Shauna, Lottie
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Shauna Shipman:
- Majoring in English
- Jeffgate still happened back in high school. She and Jackie are now awkwardly trying to repair their friendship
- Is very aware that she’s in love with Jackie and hates herself for it
- Priv: Tai, Van, Lottie, Nat
- Majoring in English
- Jeffgate still happened back in high school. She and Jackie are now awkwardly trying to repair their friendship
- Is very aware that she’s in love with Jackie and hates herself for it
- Priv: Tai, Van, Lottie, Nat
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Jackie Taylor:
- Taking general credit classes
- Knows there’s something weird between her and Shauna but is sadly still in the closet
- Goes back and forth between being flattered by Misty’s attention and being a little unnerved by it
- Priv: Tai, Van, Lottie
- Taking general credit classes
- Knows there’s something weird between her and Shauna but is sadly still in the closet
- Goes back and forth between being flattered by Misty’s attention and being a little unnerved by it
- Priv: Tai, Van, Lottie
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Taissa Turner:
- Pursuing law
- Has been in an on and off thing with Van since high school. Currently in a fwb situation with them
- Deep down wants more with Van but is hyper-focused on school
- On priv: Van, Shauna, Nat, Lottie, and Jackie
- Pursuing law
- Has been in an on and off thing with Van since high school. Currently in a fwb situation with them
- Deep down wants more with Van but is hyper-focused on school
- On priv: Van, Shauna, Nat, Lottie, and Jackie
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Van Palmer:
- Pursuing film
- Like Tai, does secretly want more out of their situationship but is unsure how to approach it
Priv: Tai, Nat, Shauna, Lottie, and Jackie
- Pursuing film
- Like Tai, does secretly want more out of their situationship but is unsure how to approach it
Priv: Tai, Nat, Shauna, Lottie, and Jackie
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Lottie Matthews:
- Pursuing a business degree due to pressure from her father
- Isn’t very close to Laura Lee and doesn’t have much of an opinion on her (yet)
- Priv: Nat, Shauna, Van, Tai, Jackie
- Pursuing a business degree due to pressure from her father
- Isn’t very close to Laura Lee and doesn’t have much of an opinion on her (yet)
- Priv: Nat, Shauna, Van, Tai, Jackie
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Laura Lee:
- Wants to go into social work
- A bit of an outlier on the team and doesn’t usually hang out with them outside of games and practice
- Doesn’t have a priv
- Wants to go into social work
- A bit of an outlier on the team and doesn’t usually hang out with them outside of games and practice
- Doesn’t have a priv
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1. Misty’s POV
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2. Van’s POV
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3. Nat’s POV
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4. Jackie posts about her boyfriend and there’s Opinions about it. (Texts are from Shauna’s POV)
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5. Shauna’s POV
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6. Misty isn’t the only one with a stalking tenancy
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7. Misty’s POV
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8. Nat protests but she does kind of like that little freak
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9. Misty’s POV
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10. Lottie’s POV
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11. As usual Misty has no chill
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12. Shauna’s POV
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13. Nat’s POV
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14. Misty’s POV
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15. Soft Lottielee launch
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16. Nat’s POV
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17. Misty’s POV
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17. (con)
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18. Later that day
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19. Nat’s POV
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20. Misty’s POV
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21. Shauna’s POV
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22. Later that night
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23. Group chat + Nat and Shauna texting
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24. More from the twitter privs
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25. Tai isn’t buying it
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26. Lottie invites Laura Lee
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27. Nat and Misty
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28. Shauna drives Nat and Misty to the party
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30. Beer pong
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31. Nat drunk texts Misty
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32. Nat’s POV
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33. Van’s POV
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34. The party comes to an end
Tagging per request @lesbylerhq 😊
Tagging per request @lesbylerhq 😊
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@lesbylerhq
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@lesbylerhq 35. The next morning….
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@lesbylerhq 36. Misty finally has a second twitter priv mutual
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@lesbylerhq 37. Nat has weird feelings about mistylot
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@lesbylerhq 38. What Shauna and Jackie got up to at the party
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39. Having a tiny amount of writer’s block with this smau but here’s a small batch of updates
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41. Texts are Shauna’s POV
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42. Nat admits that she and Misty are friends
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43. Van’s POV
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(On Sunday)
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44. Nat’s POV
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45. Getting ready for the game
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46. Hours later
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48. Sorry for the hiatus everyone. Updates are going to be smaller and less frequent for a bit bc I’m putting most of my attention on my mistynat weekend and YJ ship week fics. But here’s a mini update
The team goes out
The team goes out
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50. Shauna finally confronts Jackie
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51. Nat is struggling
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52. The Next Day
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53. Shauna uses her priv as a journal
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54. A few days later (Saturday)
Nat and Van
Nat and Van
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55. Misty will realize she’s in love with Nat eventually
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56. An hour into the dinner with Misty’s parents
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57. Using my lunch break to update
A couple hours later
Nat and Van
A couple hours later
Nat and Van
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58. Mistynat cuteness
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59. Some twitter updates
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60. A couple days later
(Texts are Shauna and Tai)
(Texts are Shauna and Tai)
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61. Misty is scheming
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62. Longer early update as a treat (big development in this one 😊)
Mistynat and Taivan “double date” underway
Mistynat and Taivan “double date” underway
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63. Misty’s weird matchmaking actually works
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64. The night continues
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65. The end of the night
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66. Jackieshauna drama interlude
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68. Nat is feeling things
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69. And the truth comes out
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69. (con)
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70. Mini Lottielee update
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71. And we’re going into the second act
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72. Misty will figure it out eventually
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73. Shauna reacts to mistyjax promptly
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75. Hopefully people still care about this smau
The aftermath of the “breakup”
The aftermath of the “breakup”
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76. Misty’s POV
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77. Days later (Saturday)
Misty’s POV
Misty’s POV
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78. Misty and Jackie go on their outing and Nat is acting completely normal about it
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Misty’s POV
Here comes some angst
Misty’s POV
Here comes some angst
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80. A week later
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81. Lottielee launch
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82. Shauna is so kind
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83. Annnd we have a confession
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84. Jackie and Shauna finally hash it out?
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85. Misty panic texts Lottie after her talk with Nat
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86. Hours later, Jackie and Shauna hash it out part 2
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87. Three days later
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88. Jackie confronts Nat
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89. She’s getting there
