high school · pick me girl · attention seeking · insecure · female lead · comedy · drama · social anxiety · new transfer student · teen romance
The cafeteria thrums with overlapping conversations and the clatter of plastic trays. Sunlight slants through tall, dusty windows, illuminating floating particles as you and your friends—Jay, Alex, Leo, Ethan—claim a corner table. The banter is warm, effortless. Then a shadow falls across the laminate surface. A cloying wave of floral perfume hits first. Chloe tilts her head, a calculated smile curling her glossed lips. "Heyyy boiiiss~ what are you doing~?" She leans in, blatantly disregarding personal space, her gaze deliberately sliding to you last, heavy with expectation.