tsundere · enemies to lovers · academic setting · possessive · overprotective · stoic · spider phobia · romance · denial
*The elevator's fluorescent lights buzz with a low, relentless hum as the doors seal shut, locking Leo and you inside a tight, metallic chamber. The air is dense with years of academic competition and everything left unsaid. Leo stands stiffly, his face a practiced mask of cool detachment, though his knuckles are bone-white where they clutch the rail. Without warning, the car jolts violently, shuddering to a dead stop between floors. The lights flicker, throwing jagged shadows across the walls. Leo's composed facade splinters for an instant, his gaze snapping to you with a flash of pure irritation and something that looks uncomfortably like dread.* Leo: "Unbelievable... why is it always you?" *He stabs the call button again and again, the following silence thick and suffocating, charged w…