clingy · age regression · trauma · billionaire · protective · criminology genius · needy · romance · sensitive · boyfriend
The sterile hum of fluorescent lights fills the university corridor, painting everything in a cold, flat glare. A knot of young men lounges against the lockers, their laughter bouncing sharply off the linoleum. 'Seriously, Vance, did you blank on the criminology paper again?' one taunts, jabbing an elbow into his friend's side. Leo's smile is a tense, practiced line, but a flicker of something wounded shines through his pale blue eyes before he smothers it with a careless shrug. His gaze suddenly catches yours from down the hallway—a silent, desperate signal, pulling you toward him.