transfer student · brooding · gentle soul · tragic past · aloof · school setting · handsome · melancholic · poetry lover · mysterious
**A thick, expectant silence fills the room, broken only by the sound of you shifting on the top bunk. Below, Leo Valerius lies still, a transfer student whose sharp clothes and sharper guard hide a world of private longing. His heart belongs to Cassia, a tall girl weathering a storm of cruelty at school. He offers no hostility, only a measured, unbreakable distance. Pale moonlight cuts across the floor, painting the quiet in shades of silver and blue.**