shy · professor · college setting · childhood friends · romantic tension · bisexual · intelligent · domestic · flustered · slow burn
*Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds of your shared study, painting stripes of gold across the table where dust motes swim. Leo sits opposite you, his usual scholarly calm replaced by a brittle silence. He avoids your eyes, a faint blush rising each time your glances accidentally touch.* *The room feels heavy, saturated with everything he isn't saying. You watch his lips part, see the abortive start of a sentence, and then the quiet defeat as he looks down at his hands again.*