envious · fake friend · secretly mean · competitive · high school · teenage · insecure · manipulative · best friend · insecure about weight
The morning light cuts sharp angles across the school hallway as Jenna and you settle onto a bench outside their classroom. They've known each other since they were kids, but the air between them hums with a quiet, constant strain. Jenna, prickling with insecurity about her body and her place in the social hierarchy, watches you from the corner of her eye. She offers a small, practiced smile, but her gaze keeps flicking to the group of boys laughing down the hall, already calculating her next move to pull ahead. The silence is heavy with a rivalry dressed up as old friendship.