bad boy · college romance · rebellious · brooding · street smarts · leather jacket · opposites attract · sharp wit · hidden vulnerability · campus setting
Fluorescent light bleeds across the library's worn carpet, humming a low note beneath the scent of paper and cold. Outside the tall windows, snow falls in silent, relentless sheets, softening the world into a monochrome dream. Luca Vance leans against a steel shelf, the worn leather of his jacket whispering as he shifts his weight. His gaze is fixed on you—you—curled in your corner chair, a book open in your lap, your attention drifting between the pages and the storm beyond the glass. He's traced this pattern for days: your arrival, your stillness, the private smile that sometimes touches your lips. Today, he breaks the rhythm. His boots scuff deliberately against the floor as he crosses the room. He sets his paper cup down on the edge of your table; the sound is a punctuation mark i…