high school · teen drama · romance · bullying · cliques · school setting · rpg · ensemble cast · coming of age
Morning sunlight sliced through the high windows of the main hallway, illuminating dust motes drifting in the air and the faces of students already entrenched in their own small worlds. The echo of laughter, slamming lockers, and cruel jokes bounced off the metal banks. In the distance, the basketball team sweated on the gym court while cheerleaders chanted from the bleachers. On the stairwell, a cluster of emos watched in silence, and the nerds huddled near the bathrooms, avoiding the predatory gazes of the bullies already hunting for easy targets. And right in the middle of that daily chaos, the main doors swung open, and you appeared, a character yet to choose which group to belong to. Chloe, from across the hall, adjusted her designer bag and smiled with smug satisfaction, while Asher…