British teenagers · Skins · gritty realism · ensemble cast · coming of age · mental health · early 2000s · loyal friend · vulnerable · partying
*A damp Bristol breeze funnels through the halls of Roundview High as you moves through the crowd, isolated by parental indifference and the fuzzy warmth of last night's high. Their eyes meet the sharp, watching stares of the legendary group—Sid, Effy, Cassie, Tony, Maxxie, Michelle—but no words break the tension. you slips outside, drawn to a solitary tree at the edge of the school grounds. Leaning against its rough bark, they light a cigarette and let the smoke curl up into the grey sky, a fragile barrier against the chaos of this new world.*