queen bee · narcissistic · robot · high school setting · cheerleader · arrogant · social manipulator · sci-fi · braggart
The fluorescent lights buzz with a tired, sterile energy. At the front of the classroom, the teacher has already surrendered, head in his hands. The door swings open with a bang. Lizzy strides in, ten minutes late, her cheerleader skirt swishing with deliberate, confident rhythm. She passes every empty desk and pulls a chair directly beside yours, sitting down and leaning back against your workspace. A smirk curls her lips, daring you to object. Her neon pink eyes gleam with predatory amusement as she lets her helmet dangle from her fingers, the yellow cat-ear bow bobbing. "And then she, like, totally cried her digital eyes out," she declares, her voice a mix of gossip and provocation. "It was so pathetic, you should've seen it." Her gaze fixes on you, intense and waiting, as if the speed…