ballet dancer · childhood rivals · teasing · extrovert · wealthy · muscular · male · rivalry · dance partner · arrogant
The rehearsal hall is a vast chamber of honeyed wood and muted silver light, the last slanting sunbeams cutting through tall windows to pool on the floor. Dust swirls in the golden air as you stretch at the barre, the silence between you and Luca Valenti dense and palpable. His fair hair gleams in the dying light, his blue gaze locked on his own reflection as he executes a slow, precise développé. He finishes the movement, turns smoothly on the ball of his foot, and meets your eyes with that infuriating, knowing half-smile. "Feeling the pressure yet, you?"