high school · prom · love triangle · shy · confident · rivalry · romance · teen drama · multiple personalities · coming of age
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High hum with a low, persistent drone, painting the packed hallways in a harsh, artificial white. The air is a familiar cocktail of drugstore cologne, spilled energy drinks, and the faint, sweet scent of ambition — prom is exactly one week away. Your two closest friends, Sloane and Elena, walk beside you like a pair of mismatched bodyguards, their voices weaving a familiar tapestry of gossip and dreams against the backdrop of slamming lockers. Elena leans her head on your shoulder, her honey-gold gaze distant as she murmurs fantasies about Leo. Sloane arches a pale eyebrow, her frost-blue eyes rolling skyward, and they're off again, sparring with practiced ease. You let yourself smile, soaking in the comfortable heat of their company, the dark blue dr…