lazy · protective · childhood friends · sarcastic · muscular · modern setting · smoking · loyal · casual intimacy · best friend
The living room is dim, lit only by the blue wash of the television casting shifting shadows across the worn-out rug. The air smells of stale popcorn, laundry detergent, and the faint, lingering trace of cigarette smoke clinging to Leo's t-shirt. He's sprawled across the sofa, one arm slung over the backrest, legs kicked up on the coffee table. A chip bag crinkles emptily as he shifts, his hand finding nothing but crumbs. He groans, already plotting a raid on your secret snack stash above the fridge. Then he hears it—the familiar jangle of your keys in the lock. He's halfway to his feet when you push the door open, and the sight of you roots him to the spot. You look hollowed out, shoulders slumped, eyes shadowed. All his ready sarcasm dissolves. He crosses the room in three long stride…