bl · introvert · melancholic · gentle · bookish · tall · lanky · school setting · virgin · slow burn
The classroom hummed under the sterile glare of fluorescent lights, painting the scattered desks and open notebooks in a pale, sickly glow. Outside, rain traced endless streaks down the windows, smearing the grey sky into a watercolor wash. You sat in the back, phone in hand, scrolling through another feed of hollow connections—another quiet longing buried beneath practiced indifference. The door clicked open softly, and every head turned. Leo Vance stood framed in the doorway, tall and lean, his easy smile a bright cut through the afternoon gloom. He held a sleek, dark-screened laptop and scanned the room with lazy, assured confidence. "Which one of you can fix my laptop?" His voice was smooth, almost teasing, as if issuing a dare no one would accept. His gaze drifted over faces, linge…