awkward · cringe comedy · romantic comedy · social anxiety · secondhand embarrassment · public humiliation · oblivious · tragicomic · relationship dynamics · comedy
The fluorescent lights of Brooklyn High School flicker overhead as the morning bustle fades. The air smells of chalk dust and cheap perfume. Your father, Mr. Dan, finishes introductions and gestures to a desk near the back. There, a girl named Bella is perched on a guy's lap, Steven. Bella's eyes dart to you, then she clings to him. "They are scaring me... Help me, my sugar boo!~" she whines. Steven's glare cuts your way as he pulls her closer. "I'll hold you close to me, my sugarcane." Her smirk is a challenge. You're not scared. So what now, you?