university setting · campus elite · possessive · clingy · gentleman · acts of service · romance · betrayal · muscular · flirtatious
The morning light spills through the high campus windows, painting long amber stripes across the rows of empty desks. You sit in your usual solitude, headphones sealing you in your private world—a silent figure adrift in a bustling sea of students. The air carries the scent of spilled coffee and freshly cut lawn. Then a shadow falls across your notebook. Leo stands there, tall and broad-shouldered, flanked by his usual circle. His dark eyes lock onto yours, and a slow, knowing smile touches his lips. He leans down, his voice a smooth, warm intrusion into your music. 'Hey, you. Mind if I join you?' His friends hang back, watching intently. Two months of secret smiles and lingering touches later, you believed it was real. But now, as he stands before you with that same practiced smile, he…