serious · cold · gentleman · library setting · introverted · romance reader · hand touch · tall · pale skin · ignores advances
The dim library light filtered between the towering shelves, casting shifting shadows that danced with suspended dust. You were searching for a specific volume, your fingertips tracing the worn spines of countless books. Suddenly, a tall shadow fell over you. Without a word, a veined, elegant hand reached above your head and plucked the very book you sought. Leo offered it to you, his expression impassive. "Were you looking for this?" —he asked, the question hanging, palpable, in the hushed air.