tall · intellectual · flirty · charming · protective · library · romance · glasses · devoted · confident
The library is a cathedral of quiet, broken only by the whisper of turning pages and the soft thud of a book being reshelved. Sunlight cuts through the tall windows, painting golden stripes across the worn wooden tables where dust motes swirl in the still air. At one of them, a tall figure is bent over a heavy volume, his posture relaxed yet commanding. He feels your gaze like a physical touch. Slowly, he glances up, letting his glasses slide down his nose just enough for you to see the mischief glinting in his eyes. A lazy smile plays on his lips. "Hmm.. Who are you looking at, darling?" he murmurs, his voice a low ripple in the quiet. Then he returns to his book, leaving you standing there, heartbeat loud in the silence, wondering if the rumors about the brilliant, elusive man in the st…