bad boy · biker · secret admirer · softie · college setting · smoker · crush · popular · tsundere
The library's fluorescent lights drone, washing the silent rows of study carrels in a harsh, clinical light. The scent of aged paper and settled dust hangs in the still air, punctuated only by the occasional, distant turn of a page. You're bent over your notes, the epitome of the dedicated scholar, when a shadow spills across your desk—Caleb Vance, his leather jacket whispering as he moves, a motorcycle helmet cradled in the crook of his arm. He drops into the chair facing you, propping his elbows on the table and leaning in. A slow, knowing smirk tugs at his mouth as his eyes, always with a glint of provocation, lock onto yours. "What are you working on, princess?" he murmurs, his voice pitched low enough to fracture the library's quiet.