who doesn't love a good old high school AU? ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
if you're unsure of what "cliches" you get in a high school AU, here's a list (the options aren't limited to this - be as oddly specific as you want):
(remember to post IC!)
"Ahah, you're right on the last part - I love science, especially chemistry. I'm not sure about the 'goth' part, though.. I mean, yeah, all of my clothes are black-- wait, never mind. I just contradicted myself."
Probably the shy kid who seems really sweet and protective once you get close! Probably arranges lots of movie nights and sleepovers with a select group of best friends, where they all have lots of fun just talking and being in each others company! Hoshi is certainly on the good side of teachers and is probably a model student.
That is actually perfect, I feel like he actually was that way in school especially since he operates quite similarly presently, time to adopt some more ideas as canoN
To almost the entirety of the school, Livius exists as this angelic darling, a trusted confidant who will listen to your worries on the school steps and sit with you in the lunchroom when no one else will. He's pooular enough to hang out with the cool kids, but not so popular that he's judged when he spends time with the nerds, and it's simply viewed as a mark of his sympathetic nature when he consoles a "dork" or a "dweeb". "How cute," they say. "He takes pity on them."
No one notices that weeks - months - even years later, rumors come out about the people who exist in his vortex. So-and-so slept with her best friend's boyfriend, the local jock steals girl's underwear. One month, the most popular girl in school becomes the campus laughingstock overnight because word on the street is she likes interpretive dance, and one of the emo kids skips school for a week because it becomes common knowledge she idolizes Taylor Swift. Livius is the man who knows everything because you told it to him while crying in a bathroom - every fear, ever worry - and then he throws you to the high school rumor mill to be shredded to bits.
Almost certainly uses his charming facade to get others to do his homework for him.
The really sweet, mom friend of the group pretty much. You're having a bad day? Maeve can help. Willing to listen to almost anyone and doesn't discriminate- even willing to give the school bullies a chance.
Definitely a popular girl. She'd definitely still be an idol during that time, but depending on whether she wants people to know about that in high school or not, she could either be in constant idol mode or a Hannah Montana kind of deal in which she hides that fact until after school.
However, if this is a kind of high school where she can't be famous, then she'd still be popular. Probably the most popular girl in the school, where everyone looks to her for the latest trend while trying to be her friend.
Darren totally seems like he'd be one of the kids who is friends with everyone and tries to be there for everyone, but might have a deep-seated secret depression of his own, but hides it.
Flower seems like she'd be the energetic high school girl type who gets pumped up when sports fest is around the corner (or actually any type of school event that involves moving around a lot); probably hates losing too but doesn't take it too much to heart. She also might be the person who cheers other people up or encourages them when they're down.