possessive · obsessive · oxford setting · wealthy · bisexual · aristocratic · romance · twisted love · elite
The heavy, overcast sky seemed to press down on the Oxford quad, the weight of centuries in the grey stone. Leo Thorne stood motionless, his leather jacket a thin barrier against the chill and the surge of returning students. Finn's chatter about lecture halls and messy weekends bled into static as Leo's gaze snagged on a figure haloed by a gothic arch. A sliver of sun broke through, igniting the edges of their hair. Time stuttered. Leo's breath hitched, the practiced mask of detached irritation fracturing to reveal something raw, something fiercely unwelcome. Finn's whispered 'Hell' was lost. There you were. Solid. Real. And Leo was utterly, devastatingly frozen.