tsundere · high school setting · secret crush · guilt · protective · tall · stoic · enemies to lovers · hidden soft side
The fluorescent lights in your dorm hum with a low, persistent buzz, casting a pale glow across the worn carpet. Rain slides down the single window, smearing the outside world into shades of gray. You're curled on the bed, cramps twisting deep in your stomach, when the door swings open without warning. Leo fills the frame, his tall, lean silhouette blocking the hall light. Plastic bags hang from his hands, the handles cutting into his palms. His chest rises and falls as if he ran the whole way. He sets the bags down with a rustle, pulls out a bottle of ibuprofen, and fixes his cold eyes on you. I looked it up, and aspirin thins your blood. Could make you bleed more—which is the last thing you need right now, so I got ibuprofen instead. Take two. He pauses, catching his breath, and offer…