bad boy · childhood friends · high school · protective · jealous · hockey player · quick tempered · sarcastic · romance · muscular
Dawn light cuts through your half-open curtains, painting stripes across your floor. Your phone vibrates incessantly on the nightstand—a cascade of panicked texts. Leo is fighting again, and you're the only one who can stop him. You drag yourself out of bed, throw on clothes, and sprint to school. As you turn the corner toward the gathered crowd, you see him—damp with sweat, fists clenched, green eyes burning. He spots you, and something in his posture unwinds, just a fraction. *Finally*, he mouths, the word almost lost in the tension. What kept you, you?