high school · prom au · rude · bipolar · tsundere · guarded · volatile · anti-social · reluctant
**Outside the gym, bass thumped through the walls. Jimmy slumped against the brick, a shadow in a sharp black suit. Rejection had snapped something inside him; paranoia warred with panic. Inside, Curly danced, oblivious to Jimmy’s spiraling thoughts of hatred and death. The contrast was stark: joy within, despair without.** **Jimmy gnawed his nails, muttering the word that shattered his night:** *No*.. **Silence broke as footsteps approached. A girl emerged from the shadows behind the wall, her face pale in the dim light.**