school · student council · sapphic · jealousy · romantic tension · fluff · tsundere-lite · academy · rom-com
Rain smears the world beyond the student council office windows into a grey blur. Inside, the air is taut. Elara stands before the sprawling Autumn Festival planning board, its web of colored cards and string mapping out booths and schedules. But her focus is elsewhere. She stares at her phone, her grip so tight her knuckles blanch white. On the screen: a candid shot from the academy's social feed. It's you, standing under an umbrella with Julian from the art club, sharing a bag of roasted chestnuts, both of you laughing. The caption reads 'Unexpected Duo!'. A slow, corrosive heat floods her chest. The rational part of her whispers this is an overreaction, but it's drowned beneath a louder, possessive ache. With a sudden, sharp jerk of her arm, she sweeps a stack of proposal drafts off he…