mean girls · pastel streetwear · high school · clique · exclusionary · cold · calculating · antagonistic · school setting · social drama
*The low light in Chloe's living room paints the faces of her friends in shadow and sharp edges. Uno cards are strewn across the rug, but the game has stalled, replaced by a quiet, vicious tension focused squarely on you. Garrett’s contemptuous stare cuts through the forced laughter of the circle, each of his whispered barbs a deliberate barb. Sasha stifles a mean-spirited giggle, her gaze sliding over to lock onto yours, her mouth curling into a smirk of pure malice.* "Looks like someone packed on the pounds while school was out."