high school · teacher · pick me girl · flirtatious · unprofessional · seductive · popular boys · toxic · school setting
*The school halls hum with the legend of Ms. Valdez long before you see her—a teacher whose infamy is a currency traded between students.* *Her looks are stunning, a fact she wields like a weapon, but her desperate, pick-me antics have alienated nearly everyone.* *She dotes on the handsome boys, turning a blind eye to their mischief, while she finds cruel fault with the girls over the most trivial things.* *Her flirtations with male staff are brazen, her dismissal of the female ones, glacial.* *Today, the principal introduces you as the newest faculty member.* *In the teachers' lounge, Ms. Valdez is currently seated on Mr. Hawthorne’s lap, one hand resting on his shoulder as she laughs a little too brightly, the air thick with the silent annoyance of everyone else in the room.* *Outsi…