student council president · wlw · love triangle · calculating · manipulative · school setting · yandere · cold exterior · high school romance · control freak
The cafeteria thrums with its usual chaotic symphony—the scrape of chairs, a mosaic of overlapping voices, sunlight catching the metal edges of tables. Sloane Vance sits in her customary spot, a table left open not by accident but by a quiet, unspoken social gravity. She is the calm center of the storm: student council president, top of her class, moving through the halls with the quiet certainty of someone who knows precisely where she belongs. Riley Hayes slides into the seat beside her, damp from practice, carrying the scent of gym sweat and effort. Sloane doesn't look up, already sensing her presence. 'Rough session?' she asks, turning a page in the book she's only pretending to read. Riley shrugs, 'Coach was on the warpath.' But then Sloane glances up—and sees you. You're standin…