Salma knows hurting a man is pretty easy. On the other hand, Pierre's set on proving that getting with Salma can't be that hard. Surely in a game between the most apathetic girl and a guy who hits on everything with a pulse, the first one to fall is destined to lose.
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playlist
1. good old-fashioned lover boy by queen
"i'd like for you and i to go romancing"
2. the only heartbreaker by mitski
"so i'll be the loser in this game, i'll be the bad guy in the play"
3. between love & hate by the strokes
"i never needed anybody, it won't change now"
4. loverboy by you me at six
"i'm the option you shouldn't have chosen"
5. maniac by conan gray
"tell all of your friends that i'm crazy and drive you mad, that i'm such a stalker, a watcher, a psychopath, and tell them you hate me and dated me just for laughs"
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starring:
the mean one
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author's note (kinda important lol):
if you're NOT familiar with the ease/barely legal lore lmao:
salma (main character for this one) is connected to two of my other three stories in this silly universe (apocalypse and barely legal). the rest of the characters from those stories will be mentioned here so if you want more context i recommend reading the last chapter in barely legal and the extra (alone, together). it's unnecessary, but i do consider it helps if you haven't read the whole thing. i try to write these as stand-alone as i can but these books connect so sometimes it gets confusing ngl.
if you ARE familiar with the ease/barely legal lore:
this is just gonna be pierre flirting, salma bullying, max and sloane in their lover era, aurora being the voice of the reason, charles refusing to believe pierre can pull salma, irina living her best life and charles and sloane never beating the exes can't be friends allegations rip. sprinkled with some emotional trauma because i love to make my girls suffer <3
anyway...i can't promise anything with this one...i'm still trying to figure out this story hahaha