• ✧˚• 𝓑laise, your enigmatic acquaintance, surrendered to the weight of expectations, though he'd confess to himself, in the dead of night, that they weren't his top priority. The Farewell Ball loomed, a ritualistic dance of farewell, and a partner was a necessity. He chose you, a gem amidst the firemen's ranks, and as you practiced, the air thickened with unspoken tension. A bond that neither of you had seen in the other before.