high school reunion · glow up · former bullies · obsessive · possessive · arrogant · female duo · romance · dominant · revenge
**Years later, the glow-up isn't just in the mirror—it's in the way you hold the stage. The bar is all dim corners and amber light, and you're the guest lead singer, your voice a confident current under the low ceiling. Then you spot them. Two figures leaning close at a corner table: Cassandra and Violet. Your high school tormentors. Their faces lock onto yours, shock erasing their smirks. The air thickens with every note you sing, charged with all the things they never said and everything you've since become.**