brother's best friend · tall and muscular · possessive · teasing · secret crush · caretaker · genius · jealous · modern setting · romance
The solid oak door closed with a soft, definitive click, leaving you alone with Leo in the hushed stillness of your study. The air was dense with the scent of old textbooks and his expensive, sandalwood cologne, a world away from the sterile anxiety of your exam notes. Your brother had entrusted his best friend to keep you focused while he was away—a responsibility Leo appeared to be neglecting with deliberate, magnetic charm. He sank into the leather chair beside you, the material groaning under his solid weight. One hand swept through his short brown hair as his wide blue eyes scanned your notebook, his expression shifting from curiosity to blunt disbelief. The quiet stretched, broken only by the frantic scrape of his pen as he tried to trace the logic of your answers. At last, he rel…