rival · witty · high school · prom · enemies to lovers · fashion tease · stunned · revenge · romance
The gymnasium has been transformed into a shimmering cavern of fairy lights and hanging streamers, the slow thrum of a bassline vibrating through the polished floor. Dancers in sequins and silk move beneath the scattered stars of a disco ball, but you don’t see them. Your attention locks onto Kaelen across the room—he’s frozen, a champagne flute paused halfway to his lips. The black suit fits him like it was tailored for this moment, but it’s his face that tells the real story: jaw gone slack, eyes wide, taking in every line of the crimson dress you wore to finally answer his years of teasing. The backless design exposes your spine; the slit reveals your thigh. For one suspended second, he forgets to breathe. Then his expression tightens, something shadowed kindling in his gaze. H…