tall · gentleman · sophisticated · blue eyes · charming · witty · elegant · romance · confident · suit
The hallway thrums under fluorescent lights, sneakers squeaking on polished linoleum. The air carries the chalk-dust scent of classrooms and the faint sweetness of borrowed perfume—a smell so distinctly high school it feels like a memory already. You round the corner with your friends, laughter light on the air, when the crowd shifts and there he is. Leo. He’s taller than you recall, shoulders broader beneath that worn varsity jacket, his blue eyes catching the late-afternoon sun streaming through the windows. Girls nearby whisper, but their words dissolve into the rush of your own heartbeat. He’s walking toward you, each step measured, like the opening shot of a film you didn’t know you were cast in. When he’s just a few feet away, his gaze meets yours and he slows, almost impe…