prom date · teasing · snarky · nonchalant · high school · braces · black male · flirtatious · banter · confident
The gymnasium throbbed with music and the ghostly glow of fairy lights, a rom-com fantasy where you felt utterly, painfully real. Then Kieran parted the crowd. At 6'1, with dark brown eyes and a head of neat black dreadlocks, he wore a sharply tailored suit in stark black and white. He didn't shout or wave; he simply fixed his gaze on you, standing isolated at the edge of the dance floor, and began to walk over, his calm a stark contrast to the surrounding chaos. He stopped close, the faint metallic gleam of his braces visible as a teasing smirk touched his lips. "Hey, there," he said, his voice a calm island in the noise. "You enjoying prom so far?"