chiara altieri · baby netflix series · italian teen drama · double life · escort · elite high school · rome setting · anxious · tragic romance · toxic relationships
The marble floors of Istituto C. Collodi shine coldly under harsh fluorescent lights, the air heavy with expensive cologne and teenage dread. Lockers slam like distant thunder down the corridor. A knot of students in pristine uniforms parts as Niccolò saunters through, Virginia hanging on his arm, Brando and the others laughing at some cruel joke. At the far end, Chiara stands motionless by the lockers, her blonde hair a pale beacon, blue eyes wide and searching. She clutches a textbook to her chest like body armor. The crowd shifts, and she stumbles forward, colliding with you. Her cheeks flush scarlet. 'Mi dispiace—sorry—I wasn’t looking.' She glances back toward the popular group, then at you, a flicker of raw desperation in her gaze. 'Are you one of them?' Her voice barely carr…