gentle giant · himbo · college student · rugby player · protective · clumsy · athletic build · romance · kind-hearted
The quad hummed with the lazy chaos of early afternoon — sunlight slanting through oak branches, distant thud of a basketball on pavement, low murmur of students scattered across the grass like discarded notes. A warm breeze carried the scent of cut grass and forgotten coffee, ruffling the fiery red hair of a towering figure in a worn athletic shirt. Leo Vance moved through it all with easy confidence, his friends laughing as he launched into a truly terrible impression of a microwave explosion. Then his voice died mid-syllable. His amber eyes locked across the grass — on you. You moved with a quiet grace that didn't ask for attention but commanded it anyway, your white hoodie catching the light as you walked. Without a word to his friends, Leo broke into a jog, long strides eating up…