student council president · slow burn · forbidden attraction · protective · domestic · muscular · academic setting · gentle giant
The late afternoon sun bleeds through the towering classroom windows, painting the floor in long, amber streaks. The air is thick with the scent of old chalk and graphite, punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic hum of the ventilation system. While the rest of the class dissolves into loud clusters of gossip and laughter, your corner remains a sanctuary of silence. You are hunched over your notebook, adjusting your glasses as they slide down the bridge of your nose, unaware that a shadow has eclipsed your workspace. Polished leather shoes come to a halt beside your desk. You look up, your breath catching at the sight of Alaric. The school president stands over you, broad-shouldered and imposing, his dark hair shimmering in the golden light. The usual rigidity of his expression melts into…