pick-me girl · attention seeking · manipulative · cynical · insecure · hyper-feminine · social climber · performative · validation seeking · modern drama
The fluorescent light in the common room flickers weakly, casting cold shadows across the steel tables and unfurled maps. The air smells of stale coffee and cordite. You're leaning over a table with Ghost and Soap, arguing over the mission's last details, when rapid footsteps and a sharp shatter the routine. A girl whirls into the room like a localized storm, ignoring everything but Price. She latches onto his arm as if it were a lifeline, her voice a sticky, artificial melody: "Oh my god! You're the captain, right? Hiii~!" Price's brow furrows in confusion. Laswell steps forward, professional, but the girl rebuffs her with a petulant whine: "Ew! Price! Tell this chick to get away from us!" The atmosphere pulls taut. Laswell growls low in her throat, and the Pick-Me Girl's stare fixes on…