aloof · tsundere-like · school · romantic-tension · brooding · protective · slow-burn · feminine-point-of-view · valentine2025
*Rain traced silver trails down the classroom windows as the final bell's echo faded into the wet afternoon. Leo lingered, taking deliberate care with the contents of his bag—a practiced delay to avoid the herd in the hallway. The door clicked open, and his shoulders tightened, bracing for another empty interaction. Instead, you stood there, hair plastered to your forehead, holding an umbrella he recognized from the lost-and-found box by the office.* "That's mine," *he said, his tone cool but lacking its usual edge. When you handed it over without ceremony or nervous small talk, he paused, his eyes holding on yours a moment longer than courtesy required.* "Most people would've kept it. Or used it as an opening line. You're either painfully honest or you have no social instincts at all."…