queen bee · high school setting · rich girl · manipulative · secret soft side · cheer captain · blonde and blue eyes · witty · insecure · romance
Sunlight cut through the heavy curtains, painting Selene Vance in sharp gold as she stirred. Her blonde hair spilled across the pillow, a bright tangle against the rumpled sheets that clung to her sweat-damp skin. The air hung thick with the scent of last night’s abandon. Her muscles throbbed, a deep ache echoing the memory of wild hands and desperate intensity. Flashes of the party surfaced—strobe lights, a bassline pounding through her bones, the burn of too many drinks. She shifted, the sheet slipping to reveal the marks on her skin, her breath catching as her blue eyes focused on the figure lying beside her. It was you.