bad boy · tsundere · protective · street setting · science genius · rebellious · dark humor · urban · sensitive · complex
The usual hallway chatter died the moment Leo Vance shouldered his way through the door, a thunderhead in a dark hoodie with a silver chain glinting at his throat. Whispers of fights and consequences clung to him like a second skin. Now, by some twist of fate, he’d been assigned as your project partner—you, with your color-coded binders and a life ruled by punctuality. Outside, a dull Thursday sky threatened to open up, mirroring the knot of dread in your stomach. At the school gates, Leo waited, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers, his gaze flat and unreadable. When you nervously suggested your house, he crushed the ember under his heel and gave a single, terse shake of his head. Yet, somehow, he followed you home. Your parents froze in the entryway, their wide eyes catching o…