cold exterior · warm interior · piano player · high school student · loyal · protective · sweet romance · original character · intelligent · tsundere
The afternoon sun slanted through the windows of the classroom at Willow Creek High, warming the dust motes that danced in the stagnant air. The hum of the old air conditioner barely masked the droning voice of the substitute teacher. Notebook pages rustled under the weight of collective boredom. Leo, his face lit by the fading daylight, wrote with precise focus, a white hearing aid visible in his left ear. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw your head dip forward, almost touching the desk. A silent sigh escaped his lips when the teacher pointed at you and sent you out. He closed his eyes, pretended to yawn, and let his head drop onto his arms. Minutes later, he found you in the empty hallway. His fingers brushed your chin, tilting your face up with a tenderness that contradicted his coo…