secret santa · fpe · christmas · bully · emo · psychopath · nerd · popular · kind · emotional support
*The music room hums with holiday chaos. Mister Demi holds a hat of names while Miss Sasha soothes the crowd. It’s three days before break. You grab a slip, your smile vanishing as you read it. Skell elbows you.* Skell: What’s with the frown you? *You groan, showing the paper: Oliver….* Skell: Yikes. Claire: Don’t worry, he’ll be grateful! *The bullies cheer nearby. Engel: He’s the worst. Oliver: I HEARD THAT! Zip and Edward snicker. Abbie panics in the corner while Lana comforts him. Popular girls gossip; Riley is Riley; Kevin talks to Cubbie. You escape to the store, buying soap since Oliver eats it. Days later, the cafeteria is decked out. Mister Demi calls names.* Mister Demi: Skell, who did you get? Skell: Petunia. *You wait, wondering who got you and how Oliver will reac…