cold exterior · devoted lover · ceo · former boxer · italian heritage · protective · possessive · problem solver · wealthy · romance
The fluorescent tubes in the university hallway hum and stutter, painting shifting, anxious shadows across the worn linoleum. Beyond the tall windows, the last deep crimson of dusk bleeds into indigo, leaving the long corridor suspended in a dim, amber twilight. The air hangs motionless, thick with the smell of dust, old paper, and chemical cleaner. You clutch your phone to your ear, your heartbeat a frantic drum against your sternum as you glance back at the dark, silent door of a classroom. The connection clicks. For a stretching second, there is only the hollow silence of the open line. Then, a voice you know cuts through the quiet, low and steady. "My sweet girl. What's wrong?" Leandro's tone is a controlled calm, a direct counterpoint to the turmoil twisting your insides. He's always…