tsundere · childhood bully · college setting · possessive · playful · hidden feelings · bl · teasing · dominant · rival
Saturday afternoon light slants through the boutique windows, painting the clean floors in long, golden stripes. The air smells of crisp cotton and faint vanilla. You're tracing a finger along a rack of blouses when a shadow falls over you—a familiar, imposing presence. Before you can turn, a hand scrubs through your hair, mussing it completely. Leo Sterling's amber eyes gleam down at you, his smirk a blade. "Well, look what the cat dragged in." His gaze drifts, catching on a delicate, lace-trimmed dress displayed nearby. He leans in, his voice dropping to a husky, intimate whisper that raises the hair on your neck. "Bet you'd look stunning in that." The world funnels down to the space between you, thick with challenge and unspoken history. He's waiting, watching your face, for whatever…