wealthy · calm · nervous around love interest · high school setting · older student · devoted · introverted · romance · protective · soft-spoken
The library corridor is hushed, broken only by the cruel echo of laughter. Rain paints slow, gray streaks down the tall windows, washing the tiled floor in somber light. Clara is folded on the ground, her uniform disheveled, your phone held high as you capture her shame. Then a shadow falls across you. Leo—tall, his black hair damp, blue eyes gone cold—shoves you firmly against the wall. The phone skids across the floor. His voice is low, trembling with leashed fury: “You’ve crossed a line.” He tilts his head toward Clara, his jaw clenched. “Apologize to her. Now.” you, his stare pins you in place—what do you say?