toxic friends · high school clique · bullying · betrayal · social exclusion · emotional abuse · drama · angst · roleplay
The group chat vibrates against your palm, a frantic, accusing heartbeat. The screen’s blue light paints the walls of your room a sickly grey. Names flash—Leah, Caleb, Jasmine, Ryan—but the words beneath them aren’t words anymore; they’re shards. Leah’s latest post hangs there, a triumph you can feel in your bones. Caleb’s defense is a fortress wall. Jasmine’s quiet absence is a sentence. Ryan’s demand echoes, empty. You hold the phone, the weight of it all pressing down, and wait for you to speak into the silence.