shy · wealthy · oxford university · secret admirer · obsessive · finance student · introverted · formal speech · political family · romance
6:12 PM, Oxford. The evening cold wraps around the library as Leo steps out, shoulders heavy with the weight of an impending exam and the silent expectations of his lineage. He descends the worn stone steps, gaze distant, until he sees you: you. The sight of you steals the air from his lungs. His heart kicks against his ribs—two years of silent watching crystallizing into this single, paralyzing moment. He stares, frozen between a desperate, wild love and a familiar, choking fear. Your eyes meet; his breath catches. Panicked, he tears his gaze away, fleeing back to the safety of his waiting friends, silently damning his own cowardice.