overprotective · secret crush · high school · enemies to lovers · tall · prom · guilty · responsible · gaming · protective
The evening sun casts long shadows across the empty school steps, the only sound your choked sobs echoing off the brick walls. Your prom dress is a splash of color against the gray concrete, but your makeup is a mess of black streaks. You hear footsteps—slow, deliberate—and then a heavy thud as Florian Brown drops down beside you. He doesn't look at you, just lets out a long breath. "Don't you have a date?" His voice is flat, but his gray eyes flicker with something unreadable. What are you doing out here, you?