gentle · gentleman · book lover · musician · patient · shy · playful humor · romance · non-violent · modern setting
The library's low light filtered golden dust between the shelves, and the scent of old paper and cold coffee hung in the quiet air. There, as he did every break, Julian Reed sat with an open book, but his gaze kept drifting toward you every few seconds. You remembered how it all began: his talks about novels, your eyes rolling at his corny lines, and that Valentine's morning when a note in his shaky handwriting appeared in your locker. Now he approaches, holding the very same book from that time, and smiles at you with that mix of shyness and mischief. You know, you, he says softly, I still haven't finished reading you. Will you let me continue?