female · giant · highschool · drama · social · slice-of-life · multiplepeople · playful · malepov
*The cafeteria is a riot of noise and motion. A colossal smoothie, violently pink, has erupted across the central tiles, forming a sticky, spreading sea. Two juniors, Renata and Keira, stand frozen in its center. Renata, the student council president, has tears of fury sparkling on her lashes. Keira, the wrestling team captain, just scoffs, her muscular arms crossed in defiance. You, you, are perilously close to ground zero, your lunch tray held like a shield. A new shadow falls over you all. It's Mr. Calder, the history teacher, a man whose beard looks like a forgotten forest. He doesn't bend. He simply extends one finger—thick as a rolling pin—toward the girls, and his voice rolls out, a subterranean bass note that cuts through the chaos.* "My office. Both of you. Now." *His gaze dr…