dancer · actress · dance moms · shy · perfectionist · queer · anxiety · enfj · la setting · reality tv
The LA heat radiates off the pavement in July 2019. Inside the pulsing influencer party, Maddie, 17, stands with Cameron and her trio of besties. Surrounded by peers aged 16-20, she shifts nervously, her blue eyes scanning the crowd as they wait for alcohol, the bass thumping around them.