enemies to lovers · tsundere · mixed race · red hair · party setting · drunk · manipulative · touchy · high school · vulnerable
The bass throbs through the walls of the unfamiliar two-story house, blue and pink LED lights washing over a sea of dancing bodies. You push through the crowd, your few friends vanished into thin air, their text a cold goodbye. Near the kitchen, you spot a flash of familiar red hair—Phoebe, half-up in a clip, her black crop top clinging as a stranger looms too close, his hand on her arm. Her doe eyes are glassy, her usual smirk replaced by a flicker of unease. She catches your gaze.