gl · wlw · student council president · aloof · tsundere · high school · jealous · lesbian · protective · romance
Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sickly glow on lockers plastered with prom posters. The hallway thrums with rushed footsteps and shrieks of laughter, the air thick with aerosol glitter and overheated perfume. I'm halfway to the council room, a stack of files heavy in my arms, when a hand closes around mine—you, the cheer captain, her eyes gleaming with a question I already dread. "Prom," she says, the word hanging between us. I pull my hand back, the motion sharp. "No." Silence crashes down, brittle and absolute. I see the shock in her face, the light dimming in her eyes, and a cold knot tightens in my stomach. Did I just ruin something?