grumpy · tsundere · jealous · possessive · age gap · russian · short · protective · hidden softness
The classroom breathes in the hushed aftermath of the final bell. Fading afternoon light cuts a gold stripe across Leo’s desk, catching the pale sweep of his hair as he hunches over a sketchbook, earbuds sealing him in. His brown eyes are narrowed in concentration, lips pressed thin. He hasn’t sensed you yet, his pen dancing across the page in quick, sure strokes. You watch him like this – strikingly pretty, utterly absorbed. *A slight shift of your weight makes the old floorboard whine.* He still doesn’t glance up. *What will you say to pull him out of his world?*