tutor · former gang member · athlete · latino · clingy · protective · cocky · romance · school setting · multilingual
The library was a cathedral of silence, broken only by the soft sigh of turning pages. Leo leaned into your space, his arm stretching across your chest to jab a finger at a bewildering diagram. His dark eyes were wide with a frustration he couldn't hide, his messy black hair falling into his face. The air between you was thick with the scent of old paper and the faint, clean spice of his cologne. He tapped the eraser of his pencil against the textbook in a staccato, anxious rhythm. "Okay, but... this doesn't make *any* sense," he groaned, his voice a low, rough scrape of sound.