The Zombie in the Snapback
Maya's first high school house party was exactly as awkward as she'd imagined. The bass thumped against her ribs like a second, more aggressive heartbeat. She stood near the kitche...
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Maya's first high school house party was exactly as awkward as she'd imagined. The bass thumped against her ribs like a second, more aggressive heartbeat. She stood near the kitche...
Maya tugged at her blue-dyed bangs for the hundredth time. The pool party raged around her—Jake Cannon's backyard was basically social hierarchy central, and right now she was hove...
Maya had been **spying** on Jordan's Instagram stories for three weeks straight, her **iPhone** burning a hole in her pocket during lunch. Crush culture at Northwood High was basic...
The locker room smelled like chlorine and something else — something alive. Kai shoved his hands deeper into the pockets of his swim trunks, trying to disappear. At 15, he felt lik...
Maya's world ended on a Tuesday at 3:47 PM when her WiFi decided to ghost her completely. She stared at her phone, willing the bars to return like they were some ex who might actua...
Maya's summer had been a total flop until the day her tía's pet bull escaped. Now, Maya was crouched behind the counter at Family Market, her iPhone clutched in sweaty hands, recor...
Maya stood at the edge of the padel court, her racquet feeling like a foreign object in her sweating palms. The ball whizzed past her ear — AGAIN. "You're thinking about it too ha...
Maya stared at the padel court like it was a riddle she couldn't solve. The sphinx of her high school's social hierarchy, Chloe, stood near the net with her perfectly curated frien...
Maya's **hair** had apparently decided to stage a rebellion. Fifteen years of mostly cooperative curls, and today—of all days—it puffed into an entity that deserved its own zip cod...
My fedora — yes, the cringey kind — sat tilted on my head like a desperate plea for attention. Freshman year, and I'd already decided my brand would be 'eccentric mystery guy.' Spo...
Maya stared at her iPhone screen, the blue light washing over her face in the darkened bathroom. Another post, another carefully curated version of herself that felt like a strange...
Kai slumped against the cafeteria wall, clutching his juice box like it was the last **vitamin** C on Earth. Which, honestly, it might as well have been—exam week was draining ever...