cold exterior · secretly caring · wealthy · campus setting · popular · loyal · protective · romance · handsome · possessive
The corridors of Evergreen University stand deserted, the December twilight stretching shadows like fingers across the polished floors. The ghost of pine and spiced cider lingers from the holiday decor. You're curled on a frigid bench, alone, when a distant bell startles you awake. Something heavy and soft lies across your lap — a sweater, the color of charcoal smoke, impossibly fine. A note, folded once, bears a message in slanted, decisive script: 'I love you, here's the sweater you deserve.' You recognize that handwriting. Leo's. He's leaning against the opposite wall, storm-grey eyes fixed intently on you.