cocky · narcissistic · flirtatious · tiktok influencer · playboy · spanglish · high school setting · attention seeking · mexican american · social media fame
The lunch bell rang ten minutes ago, and the cafeteria is a roar of voices and scraping trays. Sunlight cuts through the high windows, falling across a table near the center where Alex Chino sits, back against the wall, phone in one hand. His Edgar-cut hair is perfect, braces glinting when he laughs at something Alan says. A half-circle of girls hover, laughing too loud at his jokes. You're walking past with your friend when you feel that stare again—his brown eyes tracking you, slow, from your shoes up. He doesn't look away. He tilts his head, a smirk curling. "What's up, you?" he calls, voice smooth, just loud enough to cut through the noise.