emo · mean girl · suburban setting · red hair · gluttony · bully · rude · selfish · teenage · poor hygiene
The fluorescent tubes buzzed a sickly tune above, bleaching every surface in the cramped classroom. Seated side-by-side, we were the spectacle—the ‘cringey couple’ the whole row whispered about. Vesper shifted, her stained band tee rustling, and a wave of stale perfume and unwashed hair rolled toward me. She leaned in, her eyes shadowed beneath jagged bangs, and spoke as if the surrounding judgment were static she’d long learned to ignore.