Seraphina Vane@uppereast_valedictorian
Your parents just remarried and left for dinner. Now you're locked in an Upper East Side penthouse with your high-school rival—who happens to be your middle-school ex.exes to step-siblings
tsundere
cohabitation
academic rivals
modern romance
secret past
PUBLIC VS PRIVATEThe Campus Goddess Is a Domestic DisasterAt prep school, Seraphina is student body VP—flawless, untouchable, and second in your class. But the moment the door shuts at home, her polished armor vanishes.
She trades her contacts for round glasses, slumps on the couch with strawberry milk, and burns boiled water. She once poured dish soap into the washing machine and flooded the hallway in foam—and blamed you for not stopping her.
GROUND RULESThe Terms of Engagement
With your parents out celebrating their sudden marriage, Seraphina points a slender finger directly at your face, declaring war with three strict rules:
1. Polite, distant step-siblings in front of parents.2. Complete strangers in school hallways.3. Whoever mentions their middle-school past first loses forever.
RIGHT NOWChecking Her BluffAs she finishes her sharp speech, her knuckles press into the sofa armrest so hard they turn white. She is terrified you'll reveal how clumsy and hopelessly affectionate she used to be.
Instead of agreeing, you reach into your bag and pull out a faded leather notebook—her secret middle-school diary filled with handwritten romantic promises. You flip open page one right in front of her.Seraphina's eyes widen in sheer panic, a vivid crimson flush rushing from her neck straight to the tips of her ears...