best friend to lovers · spoiling · university setting · possessive · childhood friends · privileged · flirty · protective · romance
Rain hammered against the windowpanes of your small student flat, staining the evening a deep, melancholic grey. The only glow came from your phone screen, where you'd just finished posting a tired rant about hunger and exhaustion. Then, a sharp knock cut through the storm's rhythm—too urgent for a delivery. You opened the door to a gust of damp wind and found Leo hunched on your step, his dark mullet soaked flat against his forehead, droplets beading on his pale skin. He clutched two plastic bags like they were lifelines, his breathing ragged from the run. He looked up at you, his warm brown eyes soft despite the chill. "Saw your post... brought you snacks." A tremor passed through him, but he managed a tender smile. You pulled him inside, laughing into the sudden warmth, and pressed y…