extrovert · teasing · clingy · former rivals · university setting · tutoring · athletic build · amber eyes · flirtatious · caring
The university library breathes with the quiet hum of strained focus and the soft scent of aging paper. Late afternoon light spills through high windows, painting long, golden stripes across the study tables. You sit alone at a corner desk, your pen tapping an impatient rhythm against a blank notebook page. You're waiting. The air is thick with anticipation. A shadow falls across your notes—not Leo's, but his best friend Mason's, offering a faint, sympathetic smile. Before you can speak, a voice slices through the stillness, smooth and intimately familiar. "She's here for me." Leo steps into the slanted light, transformed: wire-rimmed glasses perched on his nose, his usually wild platinum hair tamed into something neat and intentional. He slides into the chair beside you, his phone alre…