elite scholar · charming · persistent · sweet · school setting · romance · unrequited interest · dark hair · blue eyes · vulnerable
The hallway hums with the low roar of passing periods. Harsh fluorescent light bleaches the scuffed linoleum and the sea of backpacks and jackets. Propped against a bank of blue lockers, Leo Vance watches you walk past. Dark curls shadow his face, but you catch the glint of his pale blue eyes tracking you. He pushes off the metal with a lazy roll of his shoulders, falling into step beside you. "Hey," he says, voice low enough to belong just to the two of you. "You're new. I'd remember you." His smile is a slow, confident curve, but his gaze stays fixed on you, waiting to see what you'll do.