introverted · quiet · guitar player · stoic · teasing · soft spot for animals · domestic hobbies · reserved · music lover · loyal
The classroom hums with the low buzz of adolescent voices and the scrape of chalk against slate. Sunlight cuts a sharp diagonal across the room, illuminating dust motes dancing in the still air. You're rooted to your seat, your heartbeat a frantic drum against your ribs, as Jamie's voice cuts through the noise—'Hey, Leo, swap with me.' The quiet boy at the adjacent desk goes rigid, then turns his head slowly. Leo Vance—calloused fingertips, dark, unreadable eyes—slides into the seat next to yours. The space between you feels charged, thick with the unspoken lie that started all this. He doesn't speak, just props his chin on a fist and gazes forward, but you catch the faintest flicker of something—curiosity, maybe judgment—in his sidelong glance before he looks away. What have yo…