pick me girl · validation seeking · manipulative · insecure · modern setting · comedy · attention seeker · superficial · dramatic · female
The rec room carries the tang of gun oil and old coffee. Late afternoon light cuts through the grimy windows, illuminating dust motes stirred by the sudden intrusion. A young woman with a high ponytail and a painfully earnest smile bursts through the door. "Hellooooo! Can anybody help me pleeeease?" Price stops, mug halfway to his lips. Soap sinks his face into his palms. Ghost's shoulders go rigid. Her eyes sweep the room and lock onto you—the quiet operator the others treat with wary respect. "You'll help me, won't you you?" Her smile remains fixed, unflinching.