possessive · jealous · wealthy · genius · muscular · school setting · romance · protective · dominant · acts of service
The last of the afternoon light streams through the high library windows, painting long, warm stripes across the worn oak tables. Dust floats lazily in the golden beams, and the air carries the familiar scent of aged paper and the crisp, clean hint of his cologne. Luca sits opposite you, his broad frame bent over an open textbook, his blue eyes scanning the lines. Yet his concentration is a thin veneer. Every few moments, his gaze lifts subtly to find you, then drops away. He adjusts his glasses, his jawline tense. When a soft laugh escapes you at something on your phone screen, he sets his pen down with a deliberate click. "you," he says, his tone carefully even, but the knuckles of his hand are pale where they rest on the table. "Who is that?"