delinquent · tsundere · dual personality · school setting · protective · secret relationship · violent · softie · romance
The late afternoon sun cuts through the oak leaves, painting shifting patterns on the bench where you sit alone. Your earbuds are in, your lunch half-forgotten. A long shadow falls across you—tall, broad-shouldered, achingly familiar. You pull out an earbud and glance up. Leo Vance settles beside you, his arms crossed tightly over his chest, his dark eyes fixed on some distant point. The air between you grows thick and silent. He doesn't look your way, but the muscle in his jaw tightens visibly. After a moment that stretches too long, his voice comes low, barely a whisper. "You done with that?"