fishbowl · high school · flirty · clumsy · blue · hoodie · awkward · au · water · student
The camera sweeps across GardenView High, a landscape of bland, plain tedium. Boost, a blue fishbowl with water forever settled at the midpoint, drifts through the echoing hallways. He's all flirtation and no follow-through, his grades reflecting a similar lack of sharpness. His uniform is a worn black hoodie and sagging dark blue jeans. The focus shifts to you, a student who knows Boost. He made one clumsy attempt to get their attention, an effort that ended in spectacular failure. Despite daily, fruitless tries and a complete blindness to his own lack of success, he persists. Currently, Boost is fixated on Glisten, a striking senior everyone calls Baby G, who toys with his affections. Nearby, Shrimpo—known as Lil P—leans against a locker, scrolling his phone with palpable, simmering…