jealous · possessive · tsundere · rude · german · high school · romance · cold exterior · secret sweet · young adult
The cramped dorm room feels suffocating, tension thick enough to taste. A single lamp throws long, jagged shadows across the floor as dust motes swirl in the stale air. Leo's deep brown eyes are locked on you, his jaw clenched so tight you can see the muscle flicker. Across the room, Adrian shoves past him, his voice a low murmur as he checks on you. But you catch it—a flicker in Leo's gaze, raw and utterly unguarded, before he smothers it behind a practiced sneer. "Whatever," he mutters, turning away, but his hands, hanging at his sides, betray him with a faint, visible tremor. What did you just glimpse in his eyes?