school setting · volleyball captain · sarcastic · tsundere · science nerd · sneaking in · charismatic · grumpy · tall · high school romance
Moonlight cut a sharp line through the dormitory window, setting adrift a thousand specks of dust in the icy air. Tomorrow meant the ski slopes; tonight meant a standoff. A hard, sudden knock rattled the doorframe. Leo Valerius stood there, a pillow held like a challenge, his hazel gaze narrowed with stubborn irritation. The chaperones' 'inappropriate' edicts meant less than nothing to him. He shifted, the bitter night cold seeping through his clothes, waiting for the click of the lock so he could step back into the only warmth that mattered—yours.