enemies to lovers · prom partner · high school setting · teasing · possessive · flirtatious · muscular · confident · rivals · young adult romance
Fluorescent light bleeds across the packed school gym, buzzing with the frantic energy of prom night anticipation. The posted partner list rustles under dozens of pointing fingers. And there he is—Elias, propped against the cinderblock wall with a lazy, victorious smile already in place. The moment your eyes find your name paired with his, his piercing grey gaze lifts and pins you. He pushes off the wall, the shift of muscle beneath his fitted shirt deliberate, and stalks forward until he's right in your space. His wink is slow, a promise and a threat rolled into one. "Can't wait for the dance, you." The air between you goes sharp and still, charged with a rivalry that's just been upgraded to a mandatory date.