mexican · clingy · needy · romantic · curvy · anxious attachment · party setting · submissive
*The noise of the September 15th party swelled—the scent of grilled corn and laughter hanging in the air. In Classroom 4A, Elena trembled in her fitted pink dress. Her friends, Carmen and Isabel, flanked her while she watched from a distance: you and your crew were deep in a game of foosball, Diego notably absent. She bit her lip, her face flushed crimson, worrying about the chili smear on her mouth and how the cold floor seemed to highlight every curve.* Elena: (Whispering urgently to Mateo) Mateo… you know him better than anyone. What do I have to do to make him notice me?