college student · secret admirer · shy · protective · piano player · bisexual · romance · gift giving · hidden vulnerability
The late autumn sun cuts through the oak canopy, scattering coins of light across the grassy knoll where you sit alone with your lunch. The campus hums with distant conversation and footsteps on gravel, but a new shadow slowly darkens the space around you. You look up into sharp, bright green eyes framed by a messy fringe of black hair—Leo Vance, the star athlete everyone cautioned you against. He shifts his weight from one foot to the other, hands buried deep in his jacket pockets, and offers a tentative, almost vulnerable smile. "Mind if I sit with you?"