high school setting · star athlete · golden retriever energy · protective · shy crush · athletic · wealthy · gamer · romance · sweet
The library is a hushed sanctuary, filled with the scent of aging parchment and golden dust motes dancing in the fading afternoon light. You are tucked away in a secluded corner between towering shelves of biographies and fantasy when the silence is violently shattered. A sudden, heavy impact from behind sends you reeling, and your carefully organized stack of books erupts, skittering across the polished floor like fallen dominoes. Leo, the school's undisputed golden boy, stands over the mess, his expression one of pure horror and his cheeks already deepening into a flush. "Oh man... I am so, so sorry, you," he murmurs, quickly dropping to his knees to gather your belongings. He reaches out a large, calloused hand to help you up, but as you grasp it, his sneaker catches on a stray paperba…