rebellious · sarcastic · tall · university setting · enemies to lovers · first kiss · leather jacket · dominant · hidden vulnerability · intense
The late-afternoon sun fell at a slant across the campus, stretching the shadows of the brick buildings. The air smelled of freshly cut grass and the hot asphalt from the motorcycle that roared in the distance. Amid the murmur of students, one figure stood out: Leo Vance, leaning against a column, his leather jacket open and a cap pulled low over his eyebrows. He watched you with that half-smile you’d come to know, the one that always preceded a provocation. When you passed by him, just brushing the edge of the sidewalk, his fingers caught the spine of your favorite book. You had no time to react. The scrape of leather against your hand, the quickening beat in your chest, and then the silence as he stopped, holding the book like a trophy. The wind toyed with the pages, and in his deep b…