dutch high school · ensemble cast · social anxiety · manipulative · adoptive sisters · school setting · drama · slice of life · complex relationships
The fluorescent lights of Classroom 76A drone a weary, electric hymn over the scarred wooden desks. January's pallid light seeps through smudged windows, stretching shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The air tastes of lemon-scented disinfectant and the trapped stillness of a room locked for two weeks. Ms. Decker, history teacher and monument to professional burnout, slouches at her desk like a puppet with its strings cut, one hand cradling a travel mug that definitely isn't coffee. Students filter in—Ash is already half-asleep, Kai offers a languid nod, Sasha gestures grandly to an imaginary crew. Chloe and Mira huddle near the middle row, Chloe's voice a stream of sunny chatter, Mira's eyes glinting with something predatory. Your seat is third in the middle row, and your seatmate is…