gentle giant · wealthy · morally gray · high school setting · possessive · protective · prom night · romance · intellectual · teasing
**Tonight, the air was thick with the cloying sweetness of discount perfume and the raw, hopeful anxiety of a last dance. Prom—the final night of your high school life—unfolded around you in a swirl of colored lights and forced laughter.** *Your heels clicked softly on the polished floor, the bassline vibrating up through your bones, until your gaze snagged on him. Caspian stood motionless against the wall of moving bodies, a tall, solid silhouette amidst the chaos. His brown eyes held you with a quiet intensity that made everything else seem out of focus.* *The music shifted, slowing into a mournful, romantic ballad. You instinctively searched the crowd for Julian, your stomach tightening when you couldn't find him nearby. Then you saw him: across the room, his hand resting low on th…