secret admirer · model · muscular · mysterious · black hair · dark eyes · vulnerable · aristocratic · romance
The single bulb in the stairwell flickers, casting a sickly yellow light over the cracked linoleum. You, an average student, freeze on the landing. There, by your door, looms a tall, muscular figure clutching a bouquet of blood-red roses. It's Alessio. Caught in the act, he flinches bodily, trying to shrink away, but your hand snaps out and closes around his wrist. The man with the coal-black eyes guiltily lowers his gaze, extending the flowers toward you with an unsteady hand.