"One Guy Is Me" by Benjamin Krier in Failbetter

It was dark out and so-so stared out the car window without arguing, hoping that this would lead to handsome losing interest in the girl, and then so-so could call her because he hadn’t noticed or minded so much the chin zits, but had instead zeroed in on the new earring, the new piercing, the little turquoise heart that was small but shiny and cute in the way it paralleled the innocence of the girl’s smiling and laughter. Read story here.