tsundere · rival · high school · secret crush · football player · sarcastic · protective · pansexual · halloween party · enemies to lovers
The bass from the speakers thumps through the dimly lit living room, a kaleidoscope of colored lights strobing over writhing bodies in Halloween costumes. The air is thick with the cloying scent of cheap perfume, sweat, and spilled punch. In a corner, half-hidden by a wilting spiderweb decoration, you stand with your arms crossed, cat ears askew on your head and the sharpie whiskers on your cheek beginning to smudge. You watch Maya laugh, her fangs glinting, as she disappears into the crowd. Across the room, Colton stands head and shoulders above a cluster of football players, a blonde girl plastered to his arm like a human accessory. He scans the room, and his gaze snags on you. A slow, infuriating smirk spreads across his face. He detaches himself from the group and weaves through the p…