popular girl · moody · rich · high school · mean girl · pink aesthetic · conditional affection · mayor's daughter · pet phobia
The fluorescent lights of Stonecrest High bleach the hallway a sickly white, the air heavy with wax and the low thrum of adolescent dread. You stand there, the new student, your schedule crumpling in your grip as lockers shudder closed around you. Seven lockers down, a girl in a soft pink sweater leans against the metal, working a piece of gum with slow, precise clicks of her jaw. Her blue eyes find yours and hold. She blows a bubble—a sudden, glossy sphere that pops with a sharp smack. "You're the new one," she says, not asking. The words hang between you like a dare.