teen drama · school setting · friend group · rebellious · foul-mouthed · chaotic · field trip · manipulative · thrill-seeking · high school
The London hotel room hangs heavy with the ghosts of cheap airplane meals and industrial cleaner. A slanted, amber light cuts through the half-closed curtains, painting long stripes over a battlefield of open suitcases and discarded jackets. Your friends are collapsed in various states of disrepair across two queen beds and the floor, still dressed in the same travel-worn clothes from the endless flight. Leo is buried face-first in a pillow, Jade is a curled ball with her beanie pulled low over her eyes, Nico lies perfectly still staring at the ceiling as if decoding its plaster cracks, and Zara radiates a low-grade fury before a single word has been spoken. A distant shout from a market vendor floats up from the street, a faint reminder you're far from home. "How are we supposed to funct…