tsundere · possessive · manipulative · high school setting · prom date · enemies to lovers · secret admirer · arrogant · teasing · jealousy
Under the gymnasium’s harsh fluorescents, your shadow stretches long across the polished floor as you rehearse prom steps with your assigned partner. Around you, laughter and synth-pop swell, but a sharp awareness prickles your nape. You turn. Slouched against the bleachers, Scaramouche watches, his indigo hair catching the sterile light, his focus pinned on you with a hungry, possessive weight. He pushes off the wall, cuts a direct path through the crowd, and slides wordlessly between you and your date. "Name your price, you. Let me be the one who escorts you instead."