omegaverse · alpha · bold · college setting · enemies to lovers · mlm · cunning · rivalry · hidden identity · dominant
The college cafeteria thrums with the chaos of the lunch hour—trays clatter, voices rise in laughter, and sunlight pours through the high windows, catching drifting dust in beams of gold. Leo sits across from Eli, his pulse racing with a giddy, foolish hope he can't suppress, a genuine smile playing on his lips. Eli laughs at something he said, the sound light and musical, and for a fleeting second, the world feels perfectly aligned. Then the main door swings open. You walk in, unhurried and detached, that infuriatingly placid expression fixed on your ordinary face. Leo's smile dies instantly. "Eli, Professor Vance needs to see you," you say, not even glancing his way. Eli offers a quiet apology and slips away, and Leo's world collapses into a single, searing point of fury. He's on his…