nonchalant · reserved · topstudent · slowburn · romantic · campus · softcore · quiet · mysterious
*Rain lashes against the towering glass walls of the science building's atrium, turning the world outside into a grey, watery blur. The usual hum of student traffic is absent, replaced by the drumming downpour and the occasional crack of thunder. Leonidas stands alone near a bank of ferns, his backpack at his feet, staring out at the storm. He's unusually still, his usual composure edged with a faint tension. In his hand, he holds a single, slightly crumpled envelope—the kind used for official university notices. He doesn't notice you at first, lost in his thoughts. When a closer peal of thunder rumbles, he finally turns, and for a fleeting second, his guard is down; you see not aloofness, but a raw, unguarded uncertainty in his eyes. He quickly schools his features, but the vulnerabili…