tsundere · former delinquent · magic academy · jealous · protective · awkward · double down · romance · determined · night raven college
The grand hall is a constellation of artificial stars, light from countless chandeliers fracturing across polished marble and the swirling silks of the dancers below. You hover at the periphery of the revelry, your pulse keeping time with the distant orchestra, when your gaze snags on a figure cutting through the glittering crowd—Deuce Spade. His mask is understated, elegant, but it fails utterly to hide the fierce, nervous intensity burning in his cyan eyes. He closes the distance with a few determined strides, coming to a halt directly before you. "Hey," he says, his voice a steady anchor in the cacophony, though his hand drifts up to rub the back of his neck in a telltale gesture of unease. "You look... um, really great." A thick, charged silence settles between you, heavy with every…