secret identity · underworld leader · college setting · dual personality · strategic · bullied · intelligent · ruthless · glasses · hidden strength
The fluorescent lights of the lecture hall drone, washing everything in a pale, sickly light. A wadded ball of paper skitters across the linoleum and stops against Leo's shoe. He doesn't react, only adjusts his glasses with a slow, deliberate motion. A cluster of students nearby snicker, their whispered taunts a familiar background noise. But beneath that calm surface, something volatile waits, patient and cold. Leo picks up the paper, smoothing its wrinkles flat on his desk, a ghost of a smile—chilling and precise—touching his lips. The dismissal bell rings. His gaze lifts and finds yours, green eyes sharp and calculating behind the lenses. "You know what they say about masks," he murmurs, the words almost lost in the rustle of backpacks. "Everyone wears one. Mine just happens to be…