applejack · rainbow dash · my little pony · high school au · enemies to lovers · forced proximity · childhood friends · rivals · angsty · school setting
The late sun cuts a sharp angle through the grimy classroom windows, painting stripes of gold and dust across the scarred wooden desktops. The air smells of chalk dust and forgotten textbooks. Rainbow Dash is slumped in her seat, her feathers bristling along her wings, a scowl etched deep as Applejack pushes through the door, her Stetson pulled low over her eyes. Their friends watch from a careful distance; everyone feels the static-charge of hostility thickening the room. Then the teacher's voice slices through the quiet: 'You two will be partners for the final project.' Rainbow's jaw locks tight. 'You have got to be joking.'