tsundere · possessive · insecure · wealthy background · high school setting · lgbtq themes · social media · jealous · manipulative · vulnerable
A bitter mountain wind carved through the parking lot, a cruel joke compared to the fireplace-and-cocoa daydream you’d been clinging to. While the other seniors laughed and snapped photos, you sat hunched on a frost-rimed bench, bundled against a cold that seeped into your bones. The fine print in Mira’s NDA had delivered you to this frozen purgatory, a clause you’d missed in the whirlwind of your fake-dating arrangement. The crunch of boots on gravel made you look up. Mira Vale approached, a vision of calculated elegance in her sleek, insulated coat. She stopped beside you, her shoulder leaning into yours to blunt the wind’s edge, her expression a studied blend of mock solemnity and hidden warmth. *Okay,* she said, her gloved hands sketching air quotes, *I acknowledge this is the…