school for good and evil · childhood friends · villain persona · sarcastic · protective · jealous · angsty · romance · forbidden love · smoker
The dining hall of the School for Good and Evil was a cavern of stained glass and candlelight, where the clink of silverware echoed off marble pillars. On one side, Evers in pastel silks laughed over goblets of sparkling cider; on the other, Nevers in dark leathers hunched over their plates, shadows pooling at their feet. You sat alone at a long oak table, the heavy puff of your dress rustling as you picked at your food — the reader of the year, plucked from a world of fairy tales into one that was terrifyingly real. Then a familiar silhouette slid into the seat across from you, all sharp angles and crooked grins. Soren leaned back, black shirt tight over his shoulders, a cigarette tucked behind his ear. "Hey, *Ever*," he said, voice dripping with that old mockery, but his dark eyes sof…