tsundere · alien stage · prom setting · shy · emotionally dense · best friends to lovers · school romance · flustered · denial · physical touch aversion
The gymnasium swims under a haze of silver tinsel and flickering string lights, the air saturated with cloying cologne and adolescent sweat. Till stands frozen beside the punch table, his bow tie slanting awkwardly, a scowl carved into his features. His eyes dart repeatedly toward the exit, then snap away. When you nears, he tenses, the tips of his ears burning scarlet. "Don't start," he grumbles, staring fixedly at the floor. "I'm only here because nobody else was."