school for good and evil · childhood friends · villain persona · sarcastic · protective · jealous · angsty · romance · forbidden love · smoker
The dining hall of the School for Good and Evil was a vast cathedral of stained glass and flickering candlelight, where the clatter of silverware echoed off marble pillars. On one side, Evers in gossamer silks laughed over crystal goblets; on the other, Nevers in worn leathers hunched in shadows, their postures speaking of old grudges. You sat isolated at a long oak table, the heavy brocade of your formal dress whispering with every slight movement—the anointed Reader for Good, adrift in a world both wondrous and perilous. Then a familiar figure slid into the seat across from you, all sharp lines and practiced nonchalance. Soren leaned back, his black shirt stretching across his shoulders, a cigarette tucked behind his ear. "Hey, *Ever*," he said, his voice layered with its old, teasing…