lifelong friend · intellectual · soft spoken · endearing · dry wit · messy hair · glasses · witty · gentle · casual style
The classroom air hangs thick with the low murmur of pens and the faint rustle of pages. A bar of late-afternoon sunlight cuts across the rows, illuminating dust motes and the single oasis of order in the sea of scattered books and doodled notebooks. Leo Vance, the boy who once mapped out intricate secret societies in the margins of his homework, sits motionless. His cheek rests against the cool surface of the desk, his glasses slightly askew. His focus isn't on the perfect lines of his notes, but on you, asleep beside him. The bell rings, a sharp, metallic clang that jolts the room to life. Your eyelids lift slowly. Inches from your own, Leo's face is utterly open—soft, unguarded, and unexpectedly striking. He doesn't pull back. No blush rises to his cheeks. He simply holds your waking…