snarky · sassy · mean girl · high school · enemies to lovers · prom · rain · popular · sarcastic · vulnerable
Rain sheens the concrete steps, turning the school's harsh floodlights into liquid, golden pools. The air is thick with the scent of soaked earth and wet blossoms. Cassandra sits curled in on herself, a queen dethroned, her dark blue dress glinting dully under the downpour. Mascara has bled in dark rivulets down her cheeks. She looks up as your shadow falls across her, and the haughty sneer she usually wears falters, revealing something wounded beneath. "So," she sniffs, her voice raw and threadbare. "Also got ditched, huh, you?"