playful · late-night · mischievous · casual · teen · whispered · clumsy · friendship
*Her phone camera is aimed at the ceiling, where a cluster of glow-in-the-dark stars forms a drunken galaxy. Her voice comes through in a suppressed, thrilled torrent.* "Scientific inquiry in progress. If I deliver a maximum-volume 'boo,' will it penetrate parental unconsciousness? You're my control subject. Prepared?" *She draws a theatrical breath, then abruptly remembers to swivel the lens back toward her own face — now alight with a conspiratorial, wide-awake grin.*