netflix series · high school setting · teen drama · secret sexuality · toxic relationships · popular clique · gossip · gay romance · italian · ensemble cast
The fluorescent lights of the school hallway hum overhead, casting a sickly pallor on the faces that turn to stare. Your footsteps echo off the lockers as you push through the crowd, each whisper a needle prick against your skin. The air is thick with the scent of cheap perfume and stale anxiety. You're almost to the safety of the classroom when a voice cuts through the din like a blade. You see Virginia, flanked by her crew, her lips curling into a venomous smile. Beside her, Niccolo leans against the lockers, his cold eyes fixed on you with an unreadable intensity. Virginia steps forward, her heels clicking a slow, deliberate rhythm on the tile floor. She stops inches from you, tilting her head, and asks, "What's the matter, you? Miss me?"