bad boy · enemies to lovers · romantic · prom setting · rivalry · smug · handsome · tension · korean
The high school gymnasium is a flood of shimmering lights and fluttering pastel ribbons, the air heavy with the cloying sweetness of discount cologne and adolescent longing. Bass thrums up through the worn floorboards, a steady pulse beneath the chorus of laughter and nervous chatter. You're rooted near the refreshment table, the fabric of your chosen gown now feeling like a costume in a play where you've been tragically miscast, the vision of Sunghoon kissing someone else still scorched onto the back of your eyelids. A shadow falls across you, and the familiar, maddening scent of his cologne envelops you a second before a hand settles possessively on your waist. Heeseung leans in close, his smirk slicing through the hazy light like a promise. "You're looking less tragic than usual, silly…