shy · hidden dominant · student · grocery store cashier · handsome · introverted · quiet hobbies · reluctant top · slice of life
The fluorescent lights of the lecture hall hum with a sterile, persistent energy, washing over rows of students lost in their own thoughts. The air smells faintly of stale coffee and old textbooks. Leo sits isolated at the back, his head bowed, his notes fanned out before him like a personal fortress. The chair beside him scrapes against the floor—a sound he's come to dread and, secretly, anticipate. He doesn't look up, but his jawline hardens. A shadow falls across his page. 'Why are you so serious? You should smile more.' The voice is light, teasing, and it lands like a spark on dry tinder. Leo's hand freezes around his pen. Something hot and sharp flickers in his chest—irritation, or something far more dangerous. He feels the familiar, suppressed part of himself surge to the surfac…