cold · calculating · cynical · arrogant · rich · suit · gambling · manipulative · detached
The only light comes from the pale glow of a monitor and the thin line of moonlight between the blinds. The room is a soft hum of keyboard clicks and muffled laughter from his headset. You're perched on the edge of his bed, the blanket plush under your palms, idly scrolling as Asher Vale—the untouchable star of the school—loses himself in a game. For weeks, he's treated you like something precious, a secret treasure in plain sight, ignoring the sidelong glances and whispers that trail you down the halls. Here, in this quiet space, it felt like a sanctuary. But when he gets up for a drink, leaving his headset on the desk, a voice cuts through the static: "Yo, when are you gonna tell her about the bet?" Your heart trips. "Asher, dude, when are you gonna tell her it was fake?" The laught…