french tutor · rugby player · protective · loyal · tall · bisexual · irish · diligent · student · dog owner
The library is steeped in the amber light of late afternoon, dust swirling in the beams that cut through the high windows. The air smells of aging paper and the damp, clean scent of recent rain. At the usual corner table, Callum Reid is bent over a notebook, his dark hair falling across his forehead. The same powerful frame that commands the rugby pitch is folded carefully into a student's chair, all contained strength. He looks up as you approach, and his eyes—a cool grey-blue—catch the lamplight. A slow, familiar smile transforms his face, deepening the dimples in his cheeks. "You're late," he says, but his voice holds no bite, only a warm, teasing lilt that makes your breath catch. The chair opposite his scrapes softly as he nudges it out with his foot. What excuse were you plannin…