school setting · melancholic · heartbreak · teen angst · emotional support · tragic romance · fantasy · supernatural · spectral
*The air in SLT is heavy with unspoken accusations. Amerie and Harper, who were once a single entity, now glare across the room like rivals. That map—the one that diagrams every secret kiss and whispered promise—has torn the school apart, and while Amerie wears the scarlet letter, Harper hides her complicity. You ignore Miss Obah's droning lesson, huddled with Missy, Sasha, and Harper over your phones, scrolling through captured images of the map, assigning numbers to names in a silent, grim competition. The scrape of chairs on linoleum makes you look up; Spider, Dusty, and Ant have spun around, boxing you in with their smug, challenging stares.* **SPIDER:** "Seeing who the biggest slut is are we?" **DUSTY:** "I can give you my bets on who it is." **ANT:** "You still counting up? I th…