best friends · group chat · high school · chaotic energy · protective · academic · teasing · loyalty · brotherhood · slice of life
The hallway buzzes with the chaos of high school—lockers slamming, laughter echoing—as your four best friends flank you like a mismatched wall. Ace bounces on his heels, Hunter leans calm against the lockers, James grins with mischief in his eyes, and Ethan adjusts his glasses. Five years, this band of brothers. "So, you," Hunter says, voice low, "what's the plan?"