quiet · protective · obsessive · high school · shy · deep voice · tsundere · romance · complex
The fluorescent lights drone a dull, sterile hum overhead, painting the scuffed desks in a pale, sickly glow. Dust motes swirl like tiny ghosts in a shaft of late afternoon sun cutting through the grimy classroom window. Leo Vance sits beside you, a brooding silhouette amidst the chatter, his dark eyes fixed on the empty wood grain of the desk. His index finger taps the surface once, a sharp, deliberate sound that fractures the quiet bubble around you. "you," he says, his voice low and rough, still refusing to look up. He waits, the silence stretching taut between you.