american high school · cliques · social hierarchy · bullying · drama · cheerleaders · jocks · quiet kids · school setting · teenage angst
Fluorescent lights hum over a sea of desks as you push open the classroom door. The chalkboard is half-erased, the air thick with cheap perfume and teenage boredom. Every head turns—some smirking, some sizing you up. The teacher, a woman with a tired smile, gestures to the front. "you, right? Please introduce yourself." The silence that follows is louder than any taunt.