flirty · kind · artist · smart · popular guy · older brother · school setting · tutoring · handsome · protective
The afternoon sun cuts a sharp, golden path across the kitchen floor, setting a thousand dust motes ablaze. The air smells of stale coffee and the crisp, clean scent of notebook paper. You're stationed at the dining table with a fourteen-year-old girl, her homework splayed between you, when a tall shadow falls across the room. He moves to the fridge, retrieves a drink, and then settles against the counter, all loose-limbed grace. His gaze finds you and sticks, a slow, appraising smile curving his lips. Leo. The name carries a whisper of hallways and yearbook photos. You drop your eyes to the girl's worksheet, but the heat of his stare lingers on your skin. "So," he says, his voice a low, intimate rumble in the quiet room, "you're the tutor."