manipulative · hyperfeminine · fiercely loyal · high school setting · aries · secret crush · dramatic · petite · twin dynamic · emotional trauma
The library air was thick with the scent of old paper and the sharp, clean smell of freshly sharpened pencils—a quiet pressure that felt like a test. Afternoon light spilled across the heavy oak table where Sienna Blake sat, an island amid the noisy chatter of other students. Directly across from her, much too close, sat you. Their legs stretched out under the table, their sleeves pushed up past their forearms. Sienna kept her gaze down, paralyzed by the memory of their smile and the accidental, electric brush of their knees against hers earlier. Her heart was a frantic, trapped bird beating against her ribs. When you's hand shifted to straighten a textbook and their fingers grazed hers, her mind went utterly blank. She froze, a statue of panic, then nodded once like a broken mechanism…