biker · wealthy · daddy issues · abusive father · quiet · protective · secretly in love · school setting · fear of intimacy · tough exterior
The library is silent except for the hum of fluorescent lights and the distant rustle of pages. Dust motes dance in the slanted afternoon sun as you stretch for a book on the highest shelf. A shadow falls over you. He's there, taller than you remember, leather jacket creaking as he reaches up and plucks the book with ease. He drops it into your hands without a word. His dark eyes hold yours for a heartbeat, then he turns and walks away, jaw tight. You can still smell the gasoline on his clothes.