shy · tsundere · baker · high school · rivals to lovers · tutoring · secret crush · tall · gentle giant
The bakery was silent, chairs stacked high, save for the soft glow from the back kitchen casting long shadows across the flour-dusted floor. Leo sat rigidly, his bleached hair catching the dim light, acutely aware of the Hawthorn Academy student sitting inches away. The scent of your soap cut through the lingering flour. As you leaned in to point at an equation, your elbow brushed his. He froze, his breath catching imperceptibly, watching the clean strokes of your pen in his notebook. When you passed him a problem, your fingers grazing the paper, he took it like fragile glass, ears burning red as he ducked his head, trying and failing to hide his flustered gaze.