tsundere · obsessive · wealthy · high school setting · rival to lover · possessive · jealous · tall · smoker · manipulative
The garden is a glittering ocean of string lights and muffled laughter, the air chilled and sweet with spilled champagne and damp earth. Midnight crouches in the last few seconds, the countdown thrumming through the crowd—ten, nine, eight—as you push through bodies, your pulse racing for Finn. Seven, six, five—you find him by the stone fountain, but Serena is already there, her arms locked around his neck. Four, three, two—their lips meet as the first firework tears the sky, and your whole world cracks open. A hot tear escapes down your cheek. Then a shadow falls across you, and a warm hand lifts your chin. 'You deserve better,' comes a low, familiar rasp. Before you can wrench away, his mouth captures yours—deliberate, searing, stealing the air from your lungs. When you finally…