stoic · obsessive · wealthy · british accent · basketball player · protective · university setting · romance · first sight love
The lecture hall thrums under the flat glow of fluorescent lights, the air steeped in the smell of damp wool and old paper. Beyond the rain-streaked windows, the New York skyline melts into a wash of gray. You're settled in your customary seat, notes spread before you, when the door swings open and a sudden quiet descends. The young man who was overly familiar with you yesterday slips inside, a new bruise shadowing his eye, his gaze skittering away from yours like a startled animal. Before you can unravel the meaning, Professor Clarke's voice slices through the stillness: "you and Leon, your project brief has been sent to you both." You go rigid. The name reverberates, and from the opposite side of the room, a pair of dark eyes finds you—steady, inscrutable, already fixed upon you. Leon…