"And then I told Glimmer that we should, like, try to be chill around each other! Me! Isn't that crazy?" Catra smiled proudly and leaned back in her recliner, arms behind her head.

Madame Razz, who sat across from her, nodded and smiled as Catra continued recounting the events of the day before.

"I mean if you had told me a couple months ago, like before Adora moved here and stuff, that I'd be making peace with Glimmer, I would've thought you were crazy! But here we are."

"Here we are," Razz repeated slowly. "You know, Catra…" Catra looked up at the old woman expectantly and she smiled fondly back at the girl. "I am truly proud of you and some of the progress you've made."

"Oh," Catra responded, a little thrown off by the compliment. "I...thank you."

"Well you deserve some praise, my dear. You seem like a very different person than you were when I first met you."

"Y'know normally when older people tell me I'm doing a good job I think they're lying to me, but...I kinda do feel better." Catra put her feet up under her and sat up in the chair. "Like...I don't know, good things are happening and I'm more in control and stuff is really looking up I think."

"I'm glad. And you deserve it, Catra."

Catra smiled bashfully and picked at her arm a little bit.

"And I thought that you should know that Principal Hope and I have talked and we think that it's about time we stop making you attend these counseling sessions every morning."

Catra cocked her head. "Wow, really? I thought you guys would make me, like, take a solemn vow never to hit anyone again or something."

Razz chuckled and then coughed a few times before addressing Catra again. "After meeting with all three of you girls for this long I have been able to get to know you and I truly believe that none of you will have another incident. You're good girls."

"I don't know about that," Catra said with a sly grin. "But yeah we probably won't fight again. Unless, y'know, someone starts it."

"Don't you make me regret my decision," Razz said jokingly, wagging a wrinkled finger at Catra.

"I won't," Catra answered. And she meant it. She hadn't started off liking Madame Razz, but over time she had grown to admire the counselor. She never judged Catra's decisions but she always provided an alternate way of looking at things. Catra had told her more than she had told most people and had secretly begun to look forward to their meetings. "I'll miss talking to you though."

Madame Razz smiled warmly. "I'll miss talking to you too, dear. But just because you aren't required to come talk to me doesn't mean you can't. If you ever need help or someone to talk to I'll be here for you."

"Thanks, Razz," Catra said graciously. "I might have to take you up on that sometime."

Madame Razz set her tea down on the coffee table and smiled at Catra, her face creasing under her big spectacles. "I very much hope you do."

Bow walked out of the kitchen and instantly noticed Glimmer lingering right on the edge of the lunch room, eyes fixed on a particular table.

"Whatcha lookin' at?" Bow asked as he walked up behind her.

She jumped a little and then turned and saw that it was him. "Oh. I just don't know...uh...where to…"

"I get you," Bow said immediately. He looked over at the table where Catra usually sat and saw that Adora and Catra were already sitting there together, laughing about something. "Do you feel up to sitting with her yet? Zero judgement from me if you aren't. I totally understand."

Glimmer shot him an appreciative look. "I don't really want to exactly, but I do wanna sit with Adora and you. And I don't know where Scorpia will end up sitting but I wanna be with her too. Ugh."

Bow put a hand on her shoulder. "Well whatever you choose I'll go with you."

"Oh, Bow. You can't just give up where you wanna sit all because of me."

"But I can though," Bow said defiantly. "Now where are we eating?"

Glimmer smiled and looked out at the cafeteria. "Lets just sit where me and Scorpia usually sit. I don't want her to be alone and I know she has a hard time being around Catra and Adora right now."

"Lead on," Bow said, waving her forward.

Glimmer and Bow walked over to their intended table and sat down. A few moments later, Scorpia came and sat down as well. "You guys mind if I sit with you?"

"Of course not," Glimmer said, scooting a little closer to the girl. "How was your English test?"

"Oh man, I don't know. I think I did good! And Lindsey Harper cheated off me the whole time."

"Did you tell the teacher?" Glimmer asked, concerned.

"Nah. I figured if she felt like she had to cheat then she must be pretty worried about the test. So I just kinda moved my paper over so she could read it better."

"Woah," Bow remarked.

"You are literally too nice," Glimmer said with a grin.

"I like when people are happy," Scorpia said simply, shrugging.

"Yeah Glimmer's right. Your niceness is next level," Bow said admirably.

Scorpia smiled. "Thanks. It's nice sitting with you guys."

"Yeah, well Glimmer really wanted to sit with you," Bow said, nudging Glimmer.

"I mean, yeah," Glimmer said dismissively. "No big deal or anything."

Scorpia smiled. "Thanks, Glim."

Bow perked up a little at the use of the nickname. That was the nickname he had been using for Glimmer for years and it felt weird hearing it out of someone else's mouth but he decided not to say anything about it.

"So...that dance is next week," Bow said, trying to start up a new conversation.

"I know," Glimmer said worriedly. Then she clenched a fist and dropped it onto the table. "I want a date."

Bow widened his eyes. "Is the Glimmer gonna try her hand at love again?"

Glimmer stabbed her fork into her food. "I don't even want a relationship! I've given up on real love anyway. I just want to dance with someone for a night and really feel it."

"I don't know, Glim," Bow said cautiously. "You said the same thing last year and then after the dance you and that one guy dated for like a whole month."

"Oh wow, who was he?" Scorpia asked.

"You wouldn't know him," Glimmer said quickly.

"Hector Diaz," Bow mouthed over to Scorpia.

"Bow! I saw that!" Glimmer exclaimed, reddening immediately.

"You dated Hector?" Scorpia asked. "He's very…uh…"

"Hunky?" Bow suggested. "I would also accept popular, supreme jock, and last but not least: huge jerk."

"He was a huge jerk," Glimmer agreed. "And we were literally nothing alike. I'm still not sure why I did that."

Bow chuckled. "I do. You said, 'Bow that body is a treasure'."

Glimmer reddened again and started slapping at Bow's arm. "Boooow!"

Bow laughed. "I'm sorry but it's the truth!"

Scorpia laughed at the display. "So if you're wanting to take someone to the dance...who are you thinking of asking?"

Glimmer looked around them cautiously and then ushered the pair closer to her. "Okay no judgements."

"I would never judge you," Scorpia said quickly.

"Ditto," Bow agreed.

"Okay so...um...I don't…look it's really stupid," Glimmer said quietly.

"I'm sure they're great," Bow said.

"Well that's the problem," Glimmer whined. "She's way out of my league. Like, way out of my league. Like I'm down here," Glimmer said as she placed one hand down below the table, "and she's like all the way up here!" Glimmer stretched her other arm up as high as she could reach.

"Well that would be more impressive if you were taller," Bow pointed out.

"I don't think you give yourself enough credit," Scorpia said. "There's no way they're out of your league."

"Mermista," Glimmer said defeatedly.

"Oh," Bow and Scorpia both said at the same time.

There was a long pause.

"Yeah that's pretty high up there," Bow said. "But also, like, what!? Yes!" He yelled loudly and Glimmer shushed him.

"You like Mermista?" Scorpia asked.

Bow chuckled as Glimmer buried her head in her hands. "Glimmer has a history with Mermista. It never went anywhere but it involves a friendship bracelet and at one point I think you joined choir."

"Well, she was in choir so I had to be in choir!" Glimmer exclaimed. "But that was forever ago. And like she's super popular and pretty and I'm...well…"

Scorpia gasped and stood up a little from her seat. "Glimmer! You aren't allowed to say one more bad thing about yourself!"

"But…" Glimmer started.

"No!" Scorpia interrupted. "You are just as pretty and charming and charismatic as Mermista! Probably even moreso!"

"I…woah," Glimmer said, taken aback by the praise. "You...I don't know…"

"She's right, you know," Bow interjected. "And I'm not only saying that because I love you to bits. It's just true."

"Guys, I…"

Scorpia interrupted Glimmer again. "Are you gonna say something negative?"

"I mean...yeah? I'm just not…"

This time Scorpia pushed her finger up against Glimmer's mouth, blocking her lips and muffling her words.

"Mmffhhh," Glimmer managed to blurt out. "Ffwhat are byu doiiing?"

"You don't get to talk unless you say something good about yourself," Scorpia demanded, slowly removing her finger.

"Okay fine," Glimmer said, wiping at her mouth. "Maybe she's in my league."

"That's right," Bow said excitedly.

"And what else?" Scorpia asked.

"I…" Glimmer thought about it. "She likes my hair?"

"See you have great hair!" Scorpia proclaimed. "And you know what?"

"What?"

"You're gonna take you and your hair and march right over to Mermista's table and ask her to the dance right now."

"Oh I don't think I'm ready for that. I mean she's so…" Scorpia began to bring her finger back to Glimmer's mouth before Glimmer slapped it away defensively. "Okay, okay!"

Bow's eyes widened. "Does that mean you're gonna do it?"

"Well...it's now or never," Glimmer said, looking forlornly at the table where Mermista and a lot of other seniors sat.

Bow squealed with excitement and shook Glimmer by the shoulders. "Ooooh I'm so excited! She'll definitely say yes!"

"Unless she already has a date," Glimmer mumbled.

"Well you gotta try," Bow said. "The worst thing that can happen is just a few moments of crippling embarrassment."

"Gee thanks, Bow," Glimmer said nervously.

"But," Scorpia added, "it'll all go fine. You'll go over there and say, 'Oh hey you're really cool, let's dance'. And then she'll say 'Wow of course! I love your hair!'."

"I'm not sold on those details," Glimmer said. "But thanks for the confidence boost guys."

"You got this," Scorpia said, bumping Glimmer's shoulder lightly with her fist.

"You're a catch for sure," Bow said, giving Glimmer a small side-hug.

Glimmer took a deep breath and cracked her knuckles. "Okay."

She stood up and closed her eyes for a moment before opening them again and marching over to where Mermista was sitting.

Mermista's back was to her and Glimmer walked up awkwardly and stood behind her for a moment before she lightly tapped her on the shoulder.

Mermista turned around and slowly recognized Glimmer. "Oh hey. You're Adora's friend. It's, like, Glimmer right?"

Glimmer stared into Mermista's dark brown eyes and her mind went completely blank. "Uuuuhhhh. Glimmer? Oh! Glimmer! Yeah that's me!"

Mermista smiled. "Well what's up?"

"Um," Glimmer said slowly. She looked around and noticed that all of Mermista's friends were looking at her and she suddenly regretted everything. She wondered how she had let those two dopes talk her into this. "I...uh...I know you don't know me that well...but...I...uh...do you wanna, like…" Glimmer swallowed hard. "...do you wanna go to the Fall Formal with me?"

Glimmer felt like she was sweating everywhere and time seemed to freeze. A wave of surprise washed over Mermista's face. Glimmer couldn't tell what she was thinking. And her heart was beating so loud in her ears that she wasn't sure she'd even hear Mermista's response.

Glimmer watched as Mermista's face slowly changed from confusion to...worry. Glimmer frowned.

"I do kinda already have a date," Mermista said slowly.

Time sped back up again in a painful jolt as Glimmer suddenly became hyper-aware of her situation. Some of the kids at the table were snickering. Some looked like they pitied her. Glimmer felt her face getting hot and she started to step away.

"But…" Mermista continued, and Glimmer stopped herself from running away. "The person I was going with is kind of a jerk. So, like, what the heck. Let's do it."

Glimmer's eyes widened as her mind tried to recover from this emotional rollercoaster.

Mermista smiled. "What's your number?"

Glimmer stared at her blankly. "My...oh! Yeah! I have that." Glimmer hastily told Mermista her number and she put it in her phone.

"I'll, like, text you over the weekend and we'll get a plan together. We can, like, eat before or whatever."

"Woah," Glimmer said. "Yeah. Eating is...good."

Mermista smiled again, enjoying the effect she had on the girl.

"Thanks for asking me, Glimmer."

"Yeah. Thanks for...saying yes," Glimmer said, a little dazed still.

"Well it's hard not to," Mermista said smoothly.

Glimmer turned a shade of red she didn't know she could be. "I'm... I'll text you."

"Sounds good. See you around?"

"Definitely," Glimmer squeaked out before she turned around and quickly sped back to her table.

She saw Bow and Scorpia, standing out of their seats and watching her approach.

She hadn't even gotten to the table when Adora rushed up and met her as she reached her friends.

"Okay I have to know what just happened," Adora said excitedly.

Bow and Scorpia looked on expectantly.

"Well…" Glimmer said, rubbing her neck and smiling slowly. "She said yes."

"Woah. Mermista?" Catra asked, surprised. "That's a little out of her league."

"Don't be mean," Adora chided her. "And she said yes so clearly Glimmer is doing something right!"

"I guess so," Catra said.

They were waiting for Double Trouble to finish setting up the stage. They were gonna be going over voice projection today and interacting with the set.

"But anyway, I know you don't wanna hear me talk about Glimmer this whole time."

"I'll listen to anything you talk about," Catra said sincerely.

Adora snorted. "That was a little cheesy."

"Yeah it really was," Catra agreed.

"But what I really wanted to talk to you about was next week. The whole thing at lunch got me thinking about the dance. Not that I wasn't already thinking about it."

"I've been excited too," Catra said. "And I never thought I'd be excited for a school dance!"

Adora smiled. "You sure attending a school dance won't harm your street cred?"

"Eh, it probably will, but I'll just get in another fight and raise it back up again. Speaking of...did Madame Razz talk to you this morning?"

"Oh yeah!" Adora exclaimed. "We're not required to meet with her every morning! It's...uh... I mean…"

"I get you," Catra said, cutting her off. "It's bittersweet. She's really kinda nice to talk to."

"Exactly. She's really sweet. I might still go in and talk to her every once in a while."

"I think I might too."

"Look at you," Adora said with a cheeky grin. "When we first started meeting her you said it was a waste of time and you hated her."

"I didn't hate her," Catra clarified. "I just have a problem with authority."

Adora rolled her eyes. "Let's go back to what I was originally saying. The dance next week. I was thinking...if you're okay with it...can I...can I cook dinner for us? And we can eat at my place? I'll make sure Glimmer and Angella are out of the way."

Catra felt her heart skip a beat as she was once again amazed at how great this girl was. "That sounds perfect."

"If you're sure! I was originally gonna surprise you, but I figured you would probably wanna know."

"Well I almost wish you hadn't told me cuz now I'm painfully excited," Catra said joyfully.

"Good. I... I'm no cook or anything but I just wanna make something for you. For us. So what's your favorite food? Like dinner food, you can't say cake again."

"Aw, you took my answer," Catra said with a wry smile before she began to think about the question. "I like…most food."

"Well just give me a category at least so I can narrow it down."

"Hmm...I like literally all Italian food."

"Italian it is," Adora announced excitedly. "I can't wait."

"I can't either. I...I really...I don't know how to say it, but…"

"What?" Adora pushed.

"Well," Catra made sure that Double Trouble was still setting up the stage. "I've just been looking forward to this since before I even asked you. Not the dance, but just, y'know, going with you and everything."

Adora smiled bashfully. "You know I...kinda was too."

"You were?"

"Oh yeah. I was desperately hoping that you'd ask though because I'm miserably awkward."

Catra chuckled. "I would've loved to see you try and ask me."

"Trust me you wouldn't. But I'm sure if you hadn't asked me I would've cornered you eventually."

"I sure hope so," Catra said softly, staring at Adora.

Adora stared back, realizing how cute Catra's eyebrows were. Adora and Catra, without realizing it, leaned a little closer together.

"Okay you two, we're gonna get starte…well hello," Double Trouble stopped a few feet from them.

The girls turned and Double Trouble laughed as the look on their faces looked like they had been caught in the middle of something.

"Well I can see you two are... getting into character," they said slyly.

Adora cleared her throat and looked down at the floor and Catra scratched at the back of her head nervously.

"Oh I'm just teasing you! The looks on your adorable little faces," they said with obvious amusement. "Let's get to work."

Later that night, Catra was sitting in her room. She was sprawled out on her bed watching Netflix. A pile of somewhat completed homework rested on her nightstand.

She looked over at her fish. Boba and Beefers were swimming about as they usually did. They had been getting along well. Catra watched them for a bit as they swam and suddenly wished Adora was there.

She decided she'd ask Adora to hang out this weekend. Lately it felt like no amount of time with Adora was enough. And now Catra was thinking big.

She wanted to move things forward with Adora. And she was almost definite that Adora wanted that too. The very thought made Catra smile.

She sat up in her bed and looked over to her closet. She hopped out of bed and went and grabbed her favorite and only suit. She ran her hands along it slowly and daydreamed about the dance.

Then she caught a glimpse of herself in her body mirror. She stood and looked at herself for a bit. For a moment she just saw herself, a scrawny teenager in her pajamas with seemingly eternal bedhead.

But then, as she had done hundreds of times before, she began to notice all the things she didn't like. She looked at her face, seeing every last thing she hated about it. She tried covering certain parts of it with one hand to try and visualize how she would look without certain features. If her jaw was wider. A stronger chin.

And then there was her body. Catra tried not to look at that for long as it always made her feel...bad. She once again tried to block off visual aspects of herself. She squinted her eyes in an attempt to blur her form until it was so unrecognizable that she approved.

Catra turned away from the mirror. She closed her eyes briefly and chewed on her nails, breathing deeply.

"I need to get a handle on myself," Catra thought.

She sat back on her bed, the suit still in her hands, and laid back, staring up at the ceiling. She laid like that for a while, but she couldn't shake the lingering feeling of discomfort she had.

She groaned and stood up out of bed again, quickly removing her pajamas and slipping into her suit. She put on everything but the tie and took a deep breath before walking over and looking in the mirror again.

"There we go," Catra said quietly to herself, sighing lightly. There were still things she didn't like, but wearing this suit had always made her feel better about herself. It was well fitted but didn't hug her in the chest or the hips, which Catra appreciated.

Catra examined herself again, now finding it a little easier. She wondered how many times she had put on this suit alone in her room and done this exact thing.

Her attention was drawn to her hair. It was wild and unkempt as it usually was and it fell down to about her mid-back. Catra had used to trim it and try to tame it in the past, but she found it was easier to just let it do what it wanted.

But now Catra looked at it and saw it as one of the few things she could easily change about herself. It was something she could control.

Catra grabbed her phone off of her bed and began to look up pictures of short hairstyles. She was perusing the results when she heard a knock at her door.

She looked up from her phone. "Come in!"

The door slowly opened and Catra's dad walked in, coming down the stairs slowly. "Hey, you," he said as he walked over to her and sat next to her on the bed. "You're looking pretty fancied up for a Friday night at home!"

Catra smiled. "Yeah I...I was just making sure it still fit. For the dance and everything."

Gerald patted her on the back. "It looks great, sweetie. I'm so excited for you. And Adora seems like a great girl."

"Thanks, dad. She really is," Catra agreed. "Hey. Can I get my hair cut sometime soon?"

"Well yeah of course! I can drive you over whenever you want. It is getting a little... scraggly. But still nice!"

"No you're right, it's all over the place. And I want...I wanna get it really short. I don't know how short yet, but, like, I need a change."

"Okay yeah," he said supportively. "I think that would look really good! If it's what you wanna do then we'll go for it. We could do it the day of your dance and they can style it up and have you looking all spiffy for your night."

"That's a great idea," Catra agreed.

"I'm just glad I didn't have to force you down to the hair salon this time," he said with a chuckle, ruffling her hair. Catra pushed his hand away playfully, a smile on her face.

"So what did you come down here for?" Catra asked.

"Oh I can't just wanna see my daughter?" He joked.

"I can tell there's something," Catra said.

Gerald sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "There is something I wanted to talk to you about, yeah." He shifted a little on the bed and frowned and Catra suddenly felt worry in the pit of her stomach.

Her dad saw the look on her face and rushed to ease her nerves. "It's nothing serious. Don't worry. It's just...well...your mom called."

Catra processed this. "What did she say?"

"Well...she said she isn't gonna be able to make it to Thanksgiving this year."

"Ah," Catra said bluntly. "That's what? Three Thanksgivings in a row? It should just be a given now that she won't show up."

Her father looked at her, concerned, and put an arm on her shoulder. "She did say she had planned on coming. But apparently things came up at work and your step-dad got sick and she can't make it."

"Yeah I think that's the same excuse she used last year actually. She's getting lazy," Catra said spitefully.

"Look, I...I know we've had this talk a lot in the last few years. And I know you probably don't wanna go too deep into it right now."

Catra shook her head in agreement.

"But I want you to know that she does love you. Even if she can't see you often."

"Yeah."

Gerald pulled his daughter close and hugged her. "Hey. Don't worry. Remember last Thanksgiving? We're gonna have a great time."

"Yeah you tried making too much food and we ended up eating at, like, eleven at night," Catra said with a small chuckle.

"Yeah, but what about when we finally did eat?"

Catra sighed. "It was really good."

"It was really good!" He exclaimed.

This got a smile out of Catra and Gerald smiled back as he saw it. "I'm gonna make way less food this year. And I'm gonna start earlier. And I'm gonna put you to work, my little culinary student." He elbowed her playfully.

"Well the last time I tried to make mashed potatoes in that class there was a minor injury and many health code violations, but I'll sure try."

"That's the spirit," he said proudly. "And hey. It's gonna be great. My family might come over for a bit, but hopefully they leave early again."

"Oh gosh, hopefully," Catra said.

Her dad laughed. "I'll try and push them along. And then we'll have some good time with just us. And you can invite Adora if you want! Or anyone you want."

Catra smiled. "Thanks, dad. I'm not upset."

"Well there's nothing wrong with being upset. You have good reason to be mad about it. But if you ever need to talk about mom or anything at all, I'm here."

"I know, dad. I will."

They hugged again and Gerald smiled. "But next time we have a talk like this let me know beforehand that it's formal attire only," he joked, gesturing at her suit.

Catra chuckled at his lame joke.

"You wanna play a game?" He asked. "Or you can go back to what you were doing. Didn't mean to interrupt."

Catra thought back to her alternative and shook her head. "No, let's play something."

"Oh good. Let's play that one with the zombies again," he said as Catra hopped up and turned on the console.

She laughed. "Okay, dad. Even though you suck at it."

He strongly objected to this as she came and sat back on the bed next to him and they played games together for hours into the night, allowing Catra to take her mind off of what was bothering her and to spend some time with her father.

I hate making Catra sad, but it's what you gotta do sometimes. She has some things that she needs to work on and I promise I'll get into it more later. But it's a big part of her that I wanted to address sooner rather than later. Also, like, Mermista and Glimmer going to the formal is goals.

Also the last season of She-Ra comes out in just a few days! So hyped.

But anyway, I've been listening to certain songs as I write this story and making a little playlist for this fic and for the characters in general and I figured I'd share them with you! I'm sure some of these songs will make no sense to you and I might have just added a few of them because of my headcanons but whatever :)

Some of these are explicit I think so just a warning.

But the main reason I did this is just so that you can listen if you want and especially to share with me if you have any songs that you think fit either the characters in my story, or the characters more as they are from the show. I just love music and I'm not picky so if something comes to mind or even if there's just an unrelated song that you love, I'd love to hear it. So just reply with it or you can always pm me.

Thanks! And also thanks for reading! Stay safe and healthy and happy. Bye!

Bow:

Best Friend for Hire by Anthony Amorim

Textbook Bow song. This is basically how I imagine Bow met Glimmer back in middle school. He's so sweet.

Glimmer:

Footprints by Molly Kate Kestner

This one is about sisterhood and it makes me cry every time.

Adora:

Mine by Phoebe Ryan

This song has always seemed to me like conquering self flaws and coping with problems. A strong song for a strong girl.

Where I'm From by Colony House

This one really gives me feels and I think it fits Adora great because she isn't sure where home is yet and grappled with where she's from all the time.

Mess Her Up by Amy Shark

This one really makes me think about Adora keeping a secret from Glimmer and the lengths she goes to to hide it and the guilt she feels about it all. And it did kinda mess Glimmer up.

Catra:

Is this all I am good for? by Montaigne

This one is big for Catra. Catra has a lot of insecurities and I have only just barely begun to touch on it but she has a lot of insecurities with her body as well. Which I won't go into too much here because I want to develop it later. But this song sets a good tone for Catra in the next segment.

Back in School by Mother Mother

This is a rebel song for rebel Catra. She's straightened out a lot but she's still a little rebel at heart. Also this is a PREMIUM Lonnie song.

Not Worth Hiding by Alex the Astronaut

Real life can be hard for a lot of people in the LGBTQ+ community. I don't touch on a lot of these issues in my story because they make me sad and it's too hard to write but that doesn't mean they don't exist in real life. Never be ashamed of who you are.

Glimmer and Catra:

that's just how it goes by Role Model

This one is all about a bad split and gives me vibes. It's hard going from besties to girlfriends to enemies.

Catra and Adora:

She by Dodie

This is I think the most applicable song of any on this list. It really fits so great minus maybe the sad part at the end.

Could You Be Mine by Billy Raffoul

This is just a sweet love song and full of longing and it fits the mood.

Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls

This is probably my favorite song of all time so I'm just biased here. But it just fits for me. And I'm sure Catra could play this on the guitar like a beast. It's more her style with the edginess and such.

May I Have This Dance? by Francis and the Lights

This is one of my favorite love songs and always makes me cry and I just love the thought of these two dancing to it together. Princess Prom vibes.

Ooh by Jon Bellion ft. Christianne Jensen

So upon further listening I think this song is really sexual. But. Also a lot of love! Look I just think telling someone their lips taste like June is the cutest most romantic thing probably ever so here it is.

What You Mean to Me by Montaigne

Favorite artist of all time. And a bisexual queen. Had to add her to the list.

I Think I'm In Love by Kat Dahlia

At this point I'm just adding all my favorite love songs. But the playful naive love in this song is so high school and so Catradora. Love it.

Adore by Amy Shark

It's cute. And Adore is literally one letter away from Adora...so...there's that.

I See You by Missio

They have each other's backs.

Would You Be So Kind by Dodie

This one's totally from Catra's view. Hoping Adora will fall in love with her back.

Scorpia:

The Good In Me by Jon Bellion

This gives me major Scorpia themes. The whole line with 'Your heart's a vine that I've bled trying to climb' just really reminds me of Scorpia and her love for Catra. I think a part of her always knew that Catra and her weren't ever going to be more than friends and yet she beat herself up over it for years. Rough.

Turning Out by AJR

This fits my Scorpia view but also like all of these characters are still turning out. It's a lot of change and challenges in high school and they're all kinda finding themselves.