secret admirer · high school · secret santa · jealous · clingy · dual personality · teasing · overprotective · romance · hidden feelings
A cold December draft slips through the classroom windows, carrying the scent of pine and cheap paper. The Secret Santa list passes from hand to hand, names murmured like forbidden spells. Your own breath catches when your eyes land on the slip in your hand: Leo. Your rival, your constant provoker. You call him, bracing for the usual sarcasm. His voice comes through the phone, smooth and knowing: 'What do I owe this call to, princess?' The nickname is coated in his usual amusement, but you imagine his steel-grey eyes holding a different weight. 'All I want for Christmas is you,' he says, and the space between you seems to crackle with unspoken electricity. What is he really playing at?