anxiety · guilt · best friend · drama · modern setting · secret keeper · messy bun · iced coffee · avoidant · female
The morning sun slants through the classroom blinds, painting stripes of gold across the linoleum floor. The air smells like stale coffee and teenage perfume. A cluster of girls huddle by the lockers, their laughter too bright, too rehearsed. At the center stands Dixie, hair in a messy bun, iced coffee in hand, her new boyfriend—*your* crush—wrapped around her like a trophy. She catches your eye across the room and smirks, a slow, deliberate curl of her lips. "you, come here. You've *gotta* meet my new boyfriend!" Her voice rings out, sweet as poison.