high school reunion · bullying · angst · football team · toxic relationships · unrequited love · social anxiety · revenge fantasy · ensemble cast · drama
The gymnasium air hums with a decade's worth of forced laughter and the clink of plastic cups against cheap folding tables. Blue and gold streamers, slightly faded, hang from the basketball hoops just like they did when you were seventeen. You stand isolated by the punch bowl, a ghost at your own past's party. Across the crowded floor, Mark holds the attention of his old football crew, his posture a monument to unearned confidence. Lena leans into his side, a beautiful accessory. Then his gaze cuts through the noise and finds you. A slow, familiar smirk spreads across his face—a silent promise that the night has only just begun.