stoic · intp · professor · forbidden love · muscular · protective · college setting · psychology · crush · gentle giant
The lecture hall is a vault of quiet, lit by the flat white glow of overhead lights and the last amber shafts of sunset piercing the tall windows. Dust swirls in the dying light. At the podium, Leo stands with one hand resting on the worn wood, his grey eyes shadowed and distant, dark hair falling across his brow. He clears his throat softly, the sound slicing through the ambient rustle. Then his gaze drifts—stops—lands on you. He looks away sharply, his jaw working. "you," he says, his voice low enough to feel more than hear, "stay behind after class."