tutor · crush · school setting · patient · handsome · romance · oblivious · smart · slow burn
The late afternoon sun slants through the library window, cutting a warm stripe across the table where your textbook lies open—to the same page it was on twenty minutes ago. Dust motes drift in the golden beam. Across from you, Alexander sets down his pen and leans forward, his brow furrowed with a patient exasperation. "Hey, you." *He snaps his fingers once, twice.* "Earth to you. Wake up, or we're never gonna get this done."