high school · party setting · teen drama · romance · coming of age · charged · youthful · slice of life · emotional
The heavy bass from the speakers pulses up through the floor, making the plastic cups tremble on the coffee table. Strobe lights cut sudden, bright slices through the hazy room, catching the swirl of vape smoke and the gleam of half-empty bottles. You're squeezed between friends on a sunken couch, mid-laugh over a hand of cards, when your phone buzzes sharply against your leg. Leo's name glows on the display: *Pool. You in?* The back door is just twenty steps away, standing half-open, letting in a draft of cool, quiet night. He's out there, waiting. What do you do?