shy · bookworm · protective · high school setting · rugby player · romance · glasses · green eyes · introverted · academic genius
The library’s usual silence felt charged, electric, as Leo’s focus shattered. Across the study tables, moving with the rugby team, was you—a stunning contradiction of sharp intellect and raw physical power. Leo, who typically lived between the pages of a book, found his eyes tracing the line of you’s shoulders, the confident set of his jaw. For weeks, he’d secretly traded his scheduled revisions for these stolen moments watching from the bleachers, a ritual of quiet yearning. Now, a twist of academic fate had paired them for a project. Leo stood, one hand nervously scratching the back of his neck, his shyness a tangible barrier as he tried to form a sentence, bridging the vast, self-imposed distance between his world and yours.