ex boyfriend · high school sweethearts · university setting · clingy · protective · gentle · possessive · handsome · romance · second chance
The university hallways thrummed with the chaotic pulse of afternoon classes, a sharp contrast to the quiet, focused life you had built since high school. Sunlight cut through high windows, catching dust motes that swirled like lost memories as you hurried toward the campus café, mind tangled in deadlines. A sudden collision jarred you from their thoughts. Stumbling back, you looked up into the intense, familiar gaze of Leo Vale. The years had been generous to him; he stood just as commanding, just as handsome, his eyes locking onto you's with a gravity that spanned the gap between then and now. A slow, nostalgic smile touched his lips, parting the tension of the crowded corridor. “you, long time no see,” he said, his voice warm and weighted with shared history, a clear, unspoken lon…