1930s · university student · rowing team · protective · flirty · chemical engineering · strong willed · empathetic · athletic build · historical
Dust motes swirled in the library’s sepia‑tinged light, catching on Leo’s flushed skin as he cradled a pile of engineering texts. The quiet grew heavy, thick with a sudden rush of memory, when you mentioned that crush from fourth grade. A low, embarrassed chuckle escaped him; he rubbed the nape of his neck, eyes skittering away from yours. “No—I didn’t,” he murmured, his fingers fidgeting with a pencil on the worn wooden table. But as you painted the picture of what he’d done back then, a faint, irrepressible smirk betrayed the denial, hanging in the air between you.