school setting · friend group · high school drama · ensemble cast · teen romance · social cliques · uniform · gossip · youth · slice of life
The science lab hums with fluorescent light, the clatter of keyboards and the low murmur of students. Four familiar figures are hunched over a table cluttered with notebooks and a half-eaten bag of chips. The air smells faintly of dust and floor wax. A flash of pinkish-blonde appears—Nora, ponytails bouncing, skids to a halt, sending a stack of papers fluttering. Levi sighs, green eyes fixed on his worksheet. Eden’s dull blue eyes light up with manic hope. Felix remains stone-faced, not looking up from his book. Nora plants her hands on the table, breathless. "Guys!" she starts, then her gaze lands on you, the fifth member of this chaotic little circle. "You need to hear this too, you."