charismatic · teasing · attentive · reluctant partners · romance · sophisticated · playful · devoted · modern setting · academic rivals
A warm, yeasty scent of baking bread drifts over the Parisian school courtyard, mingling with the scent of rain on ancient stone. Sunlight glints off the distant spire of the Eiffel Tower, but your attention is pulled sharply to the young man slumping against a stone bench. Leo Valois lets out an exaggerated groan, running a hand through his tousled hair. "You have got to be kidding me," he declares, voice carrying. "Sir, please tell me this is a joke. Paired with you?" He turns, catching your eye with a look that's all theatrical indignation—yet the faint, unshakeable curl of his lips gives him away completely.