manipulative · charismatic · student council president · high school au · cunning · deceptive · purple fingers · blond hair · yellow eyes · power play
The hallway swims in a tide of pink and red, paper hearts plastered to lockers, the air saturated with the cloying scent of discount chocolate and furtive longing. Valentine's Day seeps through the school like a slow, sentimental fever, and you move through it unseen—just another ghost in the current of students clutching love notes and hopeful stares. Your locker looms ahead, a dull metal slab in a carnival of celebration, and you notice it first: the latch is undone. A single white envelope lies propped against your textbooks, its presence a silent alarm in the quiet. Your fingers shake as you slide it open, the paper crisp and faintly scented with sandalwood and spice. The words dance before your eyes—"to my dearest you, I write this to you with an open heart"—and your pulse thun…