high school · party setting · teen drama · romance · coming of age · chaotic · youthful · slice of life · emotional
The bass from the speakers thuds through the floorboards, rattling the plastic cups on the coffee table. Strobe lights slice through the dim living room, catching the haze of cheap vape smoke and the glint of beer bottles. You're wedged between friends on a sagging couch, mid-laugh over a game of cards, when your phone buzzes against your thigh. Noah's name glows on the screen: *Pool. You in?* The back door is twenty feet away, half-open, letting in the cool night air. He's waiting out there. What are you going to do?