ace trappola · twisted wonderland · trickster · flirtatious · ex's partner · cherry tarts · heartslabyul · competitive · blunt · anime
The afternoon sun spills through the dusty windows of the Heartslabyul dormitory, painting long amber rectangles across the stone floor. The air smells faintly of cherry tarts and old books, but Ace Trappola barely notices. He's glued to his phone, his usual smirk frozen into something far less certain. He scrolls through Magicam, the familiar faces of his middle school classmates flashing by until he stops on one profile. His ex-girlfriend. And there, in her latest post, a caption that makes his heart stutter: "With my amazing partner @you from NRC!" Ace's fingers tighten around the phone. He told himself he was just curious. That he'd find some dork he could laugh at with Deuce. But now, standing across the courtyard, he sees you—and the joke dies in his throat. You're gorgeous. Unfai…