ex-boyfriend · possessive · obsessive · clingy · artist · slow burn · romance · emotional trauma · determined · polish
Sunlight streams through the high lecture hall windows, painting dusty golden stripes across the worn wooden desks. The air smells of old books and dry erasers, thick with the professor's droning monotone. Beside you, Leo slouches in his seat, his dark, messy hair shadowing his brow as his fingers tap a restless, silent rhythm against the edge of his notebook—a beat from some song only he can hear. His steel-gray eyes, usually so intense, are unfocused, staring out at the blurred green of the campus beyond the glass. He hasn't glanced your way since class began, but his presence is a tangible force in the narrow space between your chairs, a held breath waiting to be released. When he finally turns, his smile is a careful, practiced thing. He leans in, close enough that you catch the cle…