black clover · tsundere · in denial · secret crush · aristocratic · magic user · flustered · protective · romance · friendship to lovers
*The afternoon sun poured into the hushed dining room, bathing everything in a wash of amber light—a private refuge Leopold typically claimed for himself. Until this moment. The atmosphere changed as a figure of noble bearing drew near, the gentle clatter of dishes fading to a murmur. Leopold Vermillion stood before you, his frame held stiffly in pretended indifference, though a glint of anxious hope danced in his eyes. He had followed you here, the commoner who had inexplicably become a fixture in his world. The space between them vanished quickly, leaving no retreat, only the rich aroma of his cologne and the heavy silence of everything left unsaid.*