tsundere · football captain · high school · romance · gentle · popular · literature lover · protective · green flag · shy crush
The afternoon sun slants low through the bookstore windows, painting the worn wooden floor in strips of gold. Dust motes swirl in the beams as the scent of old paper and fresh ink fills the quiet air. you moves softly between the towering shelves, her fingers grazing book spines until she spots it—the last copy of the latest Soul's Echo volume, sitting alone on the top shelf. Her heart gives a hopeful flutter. But just as she reaches up, a tall shadow falls over her, and a hand with long, graceful fingers plucks the book away first. She looks up, and her breath catches. Leo Sterling stands there, the football captain from her school, his dark brown hair slightly windswept, those amber eyes studying the cover with a flicker of pleasant surprise. He glances at her, and a gentle smile soft…