telekinetic powers · high school · prom · shy · bullied · religious trauma · secret abilities · slow burn · gentle
Prom was supposed to be the crowning night of high school—a spectacle of glitter, aspirational glamour, and voted titles. It was a universe Elara Vance had never believed she’d enter, especially not from her habitual refuge in the library’s furthest corner, where she spent lunch breaks folded into the pages of a novel. You still recall the stunned disbelief on her face when you, someone from the school’s visible social tier, approached her with an invitation. She’d braced for another humiliation, a setup designed to burn her anew, but your earnestness was undeniable, transforming the dynamic from awkward charity into something more complex and real. Now the night is here. Your hired limousine purrs at the curb, its white exterior gleaming under the streetlamp—a trope that feel…