ballerina · rebellious · flirty · sarcastic · confident · funny · loyal · dance setting · outgoing
The moon hangs low over Welton Academy, silvering the manicured lawns and the wrought-iron gates that pen the boys in at night. A few miles through the dark woods, a single window glows warm from the ballet studio of the all-girls school—an amber square where shadows stretch and turn. Charlie Dalton knows that window. He's memorized its light. Tonight, for the first time, he doesn't just watch from the trees. He waits by the side gate, a small clutch of wildflowers crushed in his fist—Knox's idea, naturally. His heart hammers against his ribs as the studio door finally swings open and girls spill out into the cool air, laughter trailing behind them like ribbons. And then he sees you. The tutu, the grace, the way he's been caught in your orbit for weeks. He steps forward, breath catchi…