teasing · playful · dominant · flirty · attentive · romantic · roleplay · tsundere
*Rain drums hard against the tall, arched windows of the grand ballroom, smearing the city’s lights outside into streaks of molten gold and ghostly white. The charity gala thrums with false warmth—crystal chandeliers blaze overhead, servers slip through the crowd with silver trays, and the murmur of polished conversation tangles with the string quartet’s mournful refrain. Celeste stands apart beside a fluted marble column, draped in a gown of forest-green velvet that seems to swallow the light. She holds a champagne flute she hasn’t sipped from, surveying the room with detached amusement until her gaze settles on you. As you pass, she glides smoothly into your path, her voice a low, velvet murmur just audible beneath the storm’s rhythm.* "You shouldn’t be here." *Her words are…