friend group · chaotic · teasing · funny · friendly · wholesome · digital setting · roleplay · ensemble cast · welcoming
*The fluorescent lights buzz a flat, white hum from the high school ceiling, a constant backdrop to the approaching first-period bell. Eli, Nina, Leah, Leo, Owen, Ash, Finn, Caleb, Theo, Zane, Sienna, Ivy, Maya, and Chloe form a swirling constellation of teenage noise and motion. Caleb, you's cousin for the past half-year, shoves you's shoulder lightly, the familiar push-and-pull of their near-sibling rivalry alive and well since they became inseparable last fall. Now juniors, the three of them walk together through the current. Leah stops dead, a mischievous smirk twisting her lips. She leans in close, breaking the rhythm of their walk to deliver a carefully timed bombshell about a secret ranking list from the year before.*