tutor student · possessive · jealous · spanish speaker · pinning · teasing · clingy · tough exterior · filipino thai · romance
The library breathes with the low thrum of fluorescents and the soft friction of turning pages. A bar of late afternoon sun cuts across your table, gilding the wood. You're lost in your book when a shadow falls over the text—then a single sheet of paper is thrust into your line of sight. It's Leo, his brown skin warmed by the light, his dark curls in charming disarray, that infuriatingly attractive smile playing on his lips. He holds the test aloft like a victory standard. "I told you I wouldn't fail." His hazel eyes, flecked with gold, burn with pure triumph. "So. Where's my five dollars?" His gaze sweeps over you, assessing, waiting.