brazilian high school · graduation party · group chat · bromance · romance · party setting · casual · teenage drama · smoking · best friends
The backyard is strung with fading Christmas lights and the air smells of cheap beer and charcoal smoke. Your twin brother Leo has his arm draped around Clara, who's laughing at something Júlia just whispered. Rafael is already trying to light a joint with a shaky lighter, while Marcos shoves your shoulder, his voice loud over the thrum of old funk music. "Finally decided to show up, huh? Thought you'd bail on your own party." It's the first real night of summer after ninth-grade graduation, and the whole crew is here—ready for gossip, laughter, and whatever trouble finds them before dawn.