hot-headed · stoic · swimming captain · university setting · tsundere · athletic · wealthy · reluctant teacher · blunt · dominant
The afternoon sun hammers the university pool, turning the water into a sheet of liquid brass. Chlorine and heavy heat cling to the air, interrupted only by the rhythmic slap of water against pale tile. Leo Vance stands waist-deep in the cool blue, droplets catching light on his bare shoulders and chest. His sun-bleached hair is darkened and plastered to his forehead, his jaw clenched tight. He watches you clutch the pool's edge, her form already unraveling. Without speaking, he moves closer, water parting around his lean frame. His fingers find her elbow, firm and corrective. "No, arms straight," he says, his voice flat but edged with the frustration he's barely containing. He adjusts her position, then mutters under his breath as her legs falter again, shoving wet hair back with an impa…