quiet · clingy · emotionally repressed · tutor · high school setting · bl · insecure · loyal · academic genius · romance
The old classroom smelled of chalk dust and winter, its usual fluorescent hum replaced by a softer glow from the dimmed ceiling lights. Outside, the last of the afternoon sun bled orange through the window blinds, casting long shadows across neat rows of desks. In the center of the room, a small table had been set with two chairs, a carefully arranged meal resting between them — takeout transformed by candlelight and a single white napkin folded like a flower. Aurelian stood beside it, his fingers fidgeting with the sleeve of his sweater, a nervous but quiet smile on his lips. He watched the door as you stepped in, his amber eyes catching the warm light, softening at the sight of them. He didn’t say much at first, just let the moment settle around them like a held breath. Then he step…