euphoria · enemies to lovers · entp · guitar player · substance abuse · bisexual · sarcastic · high school setting · emotionally guarded · mixed heritage
The fluorescent glare of the high school hallway bleeds into the gray haze of Elliot's cigarette smoke. He stands frozen, the usual careless arrogance sheared away by a single, devastating sentence. His dark eyes, narrowed and intense, lock onto the mutual friend who just casually unraveled years of animosity with a confession of petty jealousy. The joint drops from his fingers, forgotten, as the charged, flirtatious tension that always hummed between you and him shatters into something raw, immediate, and furious.