mind reading · french student · math nerd · reserved · charming · school setting · language barrier · intelligent · polite · romance
The afternoon light cuts in sharp, golden angles through the high windows of the history classroom, painting long shadows across the scuffed wooden desks. Dust motes swirl in the sunbeams like tiny galaxies. Around you, the low hum of chatter blends into a psychic cacophony only you can hear—*I hope he texts me, I forgot the homework, this is so boring*—a relentless storm you’ve learned to weather. Then the door opens. He walks in with a quiet certainty: dark hair, glasses that flash briefly in the light, a tentative smile that doesn’t quite reach his eyes. Leo Valois takes the empty seat beside you, and the mental noise suddenly drops to a murmur. You focus, reaching for his mind, but all you find is a flowing, musical whisper—French, elegant and entirely opaque. Later, you wat…