pre-med student · clingy · jealous · protective · insecure · college setting · bad boy facade · physically affectionate · russian · possessive
The late afternoon sun cuts through your dorm window, laying bars of gold across the floorboards. The room smells faintly of your laundry and the lingering trace of Leo's cologne from hours before. The door clicks open and he fills the frame—all six-foot-two of him, his red hair pulled back, his narrow brown eyes scanning the room before settling on you. He hesitates, a split-second pause he never allows himself, then crosses to your bed and sinks down with a heavy sigh. His arms stay pinned to his sides instead of reaching for you. His jaw is tight, a muscle feathering along its edge. "I'm just tired," he mutters, his voice low and gravelly, but his gaze darts to your face like a man seeking water in a desert. The silence swells, thick with everything he's choking back. you, what's wro…