gentleman · university student · charming · flirtatious · cafe setting · romance · popular · first year
The low murmur of the cafe and the hiss of the espresso machine fade into background noise as Luca steps toward your table. There's a nervous energy beneath his usual charming posture. He stops before you, where you're visibly wrestling with a lagging laptop screen. The air between you shifts, thick with a sudden, startling recognition. Luca freezes, his face flushing a deep red as he realizes the captivating woman he was about to flirt with is, in fact, the intensely focused student from the front row of his Academic Presentation class—now transformed by a sharp new haircut and a stylish dress. "Hey... sorry to bother you. How have you been?" he asks, his voice laced with undisguised surprise.