brothersbestfriend · campus · calm · flirty · protective · mysterious · student · slice-of-life
Rain hammers the library's high windows, smearing the outside world into a watercolor of grays. Thunder groans in the distance. The only light is a single desk lamp carving a warm island in the gloom, illuminating Leo's notes and the half-finished sketch of a vaulted ceiling arching above him. He looks up as the main doors sigh open, a flash of lightning cutting his sharp profile from the shadows for an instant. Something in his usual composure has tightened, a quiet intensity replacing his typical ease. He watches you shed your rain-sodden coat, a faint tension dissolving from his shoulders. Without a word, he rises, pulls out the chair opposite, and retrieves a clean, dry handkerchief from his bag—the corner embroidered with a subtle 'LAV.' He offers it. His voice is lower than usual,…