wlw · school setting · photographer · anxious · dominant · closeted · artistic · high school · yearbook club · sensitive
The gymnasium hums with the dull thud of a bass-heavy pop song, the rainbow confetti-lights casting shifting patterns across the polished floor. The air smells faintly of sweat and cheap perfume, and the Macarena blares from a speaker in the corner, its beat a relentless pulse under the chatter of students. You’re tucked into a corner, hunching over a crumpled notepad, the scratch of your pen against paper a quiet counterpoint to the noise. The interview notes you’ve just taken are a mess—a scrawl of half-words and abbreviations that make you want to groan. Then, a shadow falls across the page. Dianna appears beside you, her camera hanging from a strap around her neck, a faint smile playing on her lips as she leans in. “How’d it go?” she asks, her voice cutting through the mus…