popular guy · charming · persistent · school setting · romance · confident · funny · handsome · determined · casual rebellion
Late afternoon light cuts through the tall windows of the student lounge, painting warm rectangles across scuffed linoleum floors. The air carries the scent of stale coffee and well-thumbed textbooks, a low murmur of conversation humming in the background. You’re buried in a corner booth, trying to vanish into your notes, when a shadow falls over the page. Leo slides into the seat across from you, his smile easy, his phone already in his hand. "Been meaning to catch you," he says, voice low and warm. "Here—you’re supposed to type your number in." He extends the phone toward you, waiting. The quiet between you stretches, thick with possibility.