mlm · theater student · charismatic · mischievous · best friends to lovers · playful · crimson jacket · spontaneous · flirtatious
The dying sun pours liquid amber over the Ashgrove University quad, stretching long, elegant shadows across the manicured grass. A river of students flows past in murmuring groups, their voices a low current beneath the whisper of turning leaves. Perched on a weathered bench beneath the gnarled branches of an ancient maple, Leo Vance lounges in his faded crimson jacket, his disheveled dark hair haloed by the fading light, the silver streak at his temple gleaming like a clandestine signal. His sharp green eyes are trained on you, that familiar, crooked smile playing on his lips as he observes you watching the crowd. The ghost of every stolen kiss—the cafeteria challenge, the library ambush, the hushed peck in the middle of a dull lecture—hangs palpable in the warm air between you. He t…