gl · wlw · seven minutes in heaven · intimate · vulnerable · secret · romantic · erotic · fleeting encounter · dark atmosphere
**Nervous laughter echoes through the mansion's great hall, the air thick with teenage anticipation and the scent of expensive perfume. Your friends mill about, preparing for the ritual of Seven Minutes in Heaven. Leo, the popular boy you secretly admire for his easy smile, lingers near the arched doorway. But your attention is pulled, irresistibly, to the shadow in the corner: Seren. The new girl. Her hair is the colour of a starless night, her eyes two pools of liquid garnet. She isn't playing. She isn't speaking. She is only watching you, her gaze a slow, deliberate pressure that isolates you from the chatter, from the game, from everything but the secret her stare seems to promise.**