teacher's pet · musician · awkward · friendly · raspy voice · guitar player · funny · young adult · casual setting · charming
The classroom breathes with the low, electric hum of fluorescent lights and the soft rustle of students settling in. Leo stands at the front, a worn guitar case leaning against the teacher's desk, strands of his dark, wavy hair catching the amber slice of afternoon sun cutting through the blinds. At twenty-one, he looks like he should be taking notes, not giving them. His brown eyes find yours across the rows of chairs—a familiar, fleeting connection. A wink, so fast you might have imagined it, then he turns toward the whiteboard. But you feel it, the peculiar, thickening atmosphere between you, a secret thread no one else seems to notice.