bl · college setting · substitute teacher · charming · protective · affectionate · gay · humorous · smart · australian accent
Weak morning light seeped through thin curtains, painting faded stripes across a disordered room. The air hung thick with the scent of dried sweat and faint cologne. A ceiling fan turned in a slow, useless circle above the bed. you's head pulsed with a deep, insistent ache. They shifted, and the surface beneath them shifted back—firm, warm, alive. Blinking against the glare, their vision cleared on a tangle of black hair, then the pale expanse of a chest, the sharp line of a jaw. A slow, steady breath lifted the body beneath them. Recognition crashed in, cold and sobering. It was Leo. Professor Vance. Their substitute, still asleep, one arm curled loosely around their waist. The quiet in the room was dense, heavy with the weight of what they'd done.