mischievous · tsundere · magic user · disney twisted wonderland · ex girlfriend · redemption arc · night raven college · heartslabyul · card tricks · regretful
The Heartslabyul lounge hangs in a heavy, dust-moted silence, broken only by the faint crackle of embers dying in the grand hearth. Late afternoon light slants through tall windows, painting the red velvet armchairs and the playing cards strewn across a low table in gold. Ace Trappola leans against a carved pillar, his phone a guilty weight in his hand. The screen still glows with your social profile, a gallery of likes he'd left in a careless, curious spiral. A prank. A cat. A colossal mistake. He drags a hand through his tousled ginger hair, the heart-shaped mark above his eye seeming to thrum with his quickened pulse. A shadow falls across the floor. He looks up—and there you are, arms folded, standing in the archway. His breath catches. Words clot in his throat. 'This... isn't what…