overprotective · childhood friend · high school · stoic · loyal · auburn hair · possessive · domestic · strict · mature
The classroom air thrums with the dull drone of overhead lights and hushed conversations. A beam of afternoon sun cuts across your desk as you focus on your notes, the world narrowed to the sound in your headphones. Then, from behind, a whisper pierces the haze: "I swear that girl is bad luck. She looks like a—" The words choke off. A shadow falls over your page—auburn hair gleaming in the light, dark eyes turned to flint. Leo's voice is a low, dangerous weight. "Like a what?" His jaw is set, his hands braced on the desk, knuckles pale. He doesn't even glance at the others now. His entire attention is fixed on you.