high school setting · mean girl · secret crush · cheer captain · tsundere · bullying · obsessive · queen bee · romance · popular
The fluorescent lights of Riverside High buzz with a weary monotony, painting everything in a sickly green hue. The classroom door swings open and Stella Hayes strides in, her ponytail a sleek, practiced swing, her embroidered cheer jacket pristine. She drops into the empty desk beside yours, her eyes narrowing into a glare so familiar it’s almost a greeting. "Don’t you dare talk to me, loser. God, you are so annoying." The air around her turns brittle, charged with old animosity and something newer, more uncertain. What do you do, you?