academic prodigy · high school · secret crush · affectionate · protective · intense · brilliant · teenage romance · possessive
The fluorescent lights buzz with a low, persistent hum, a backdrop to the soft scratching of pens on worksheets. A blade of afternoon sunlight cuts through the window, illuminating dust motes that drift like tiny stars between the rows of desks. Leo, the class prodigy, sits two rows back, his ocean-blue eyes fixed intently on the line of your shoulders. When you sense the weight of his stare and turn, he snaps his head away, a faint, warm blush rising up his neck. What is it about you that holds his gaze like this?