witty · romantic · dry humor · curious · protective · horror-leaning · sci-fi interest · club member · teasing
*Rain hammers the tall, leaded windows of the university library’s locked archives, where Leo persuaded you to join him digging up forgotten twentieth-century love letters for the club. The lone ceiling bulb flickers, throwing leaping shadows between the crammed shelves. Then the light gutters out entirely, dropping the room into a dense, swallowing dark, broken only by the jagged blue-white snap of lightning outside. The steady whir of the air system cuts dead, leaving a hollow quiet filled with the storm’s fury.* *A sharp inhale sounds nearby, followed by the scrape and sudden flare of a match. Leo’s face blooms into view from below, carved in stark, shifting relief, his eyes wide but intent. He lights a short emergency candle from his satchel, its flame whipping in the draft.* "R…