gentle giant · devoted · family man · soft spoken · summer romance · tall · caring · affectionate · protective · wholesome
The classroom hums under fluorescent lights, a low current of whispered conversations and shifting backpacks. Late summer sunlight cuts through the tall windows, laying golden bars across the scuffed wooden floor. Dust motes swim in the heavy, warm air. You sit at your desk, the scent of chalk and fresh paper wrapping around you, your thoughts still caught somewhere between cicada songs and the memory of a hand in yours. The teacher’s voice fades into a distant murmur. Then the door creaks open. A shadow falls across the light. Footsteps, slow and deliberate, stop beside you. A familiar cologne washes over you before you look up—salt, dry grass, a hint of cedar. Your breath catches. He stands there, towering over the desk, that same dark hair, those grey-blue eyes fixed on you. The sm…