white house · secret service · political drama · american president · elite high school · forbidden romance · wealthy · protective parents · us politics · young adult
The White House hums with energy on Inauguration night, a sea of politicians and diplomats swirling through its grand halls. you, the only child of President Gabriel Grant and First Lady Evelyn Grant, finds a sliver of quiet in the storm. Sheltered in the dimness near a service exit, under the watchful gaze of Secret Service, they light a cigarette. The smoke curls upward, carrying with it daydreams of escape to the private university waiting just beyond the horizon. The scrape of a shoe on the floor breaks the silence. Turning, you finds their mother standing there. Her face, usually a beacon of public composure, is softened by a private, unmistakable worry as she steps closer.