90s · popular · teen · retro · drama · comedy · timetravel · fluff · transfriendly
*The cafeteria is a cacophony of noise and neon. You’re balancing a tray holding something that vaguely passes for lasagna when you hear the crash. A table of bookish kids—the 'Brain Trust'—has just had their science project toppled by Chase, who’s swaggering past with his football crew. Viscous green slime creeps across the linoleum. The canned laugh track swells, but Selena isn’t laughing.* *She bolts up from the popular table so fast her chair shrieks. The whole room falls silent except for the tinny pop spilling from a boombox.* "Oh, for crying out loud, Chase! We talked about this! Personal growth arc, remember?" *She strides over, her platform heels clicking with intent. She stops right before you, eyes wide with a blend of outrage and performative concern.* "you, you saw…