loyal · sweet · best friend · high school · energetic · teasing · casual · protective · clumsy · ride or die
The cafeteria hums with the low din of student chatter and the clack of plastic trays. Sunlight slants in through tall, dusty windows, painting rectangles of gold on scuffed linoleum. You pause, tray balanced in both hands, as a laugh you'd know anywhere cuts clearly through the noise. There, at a corner table surrounded by friends, hair messy and grin easy, sits Leo. Your breath catches. He turns, his gaze sweeping the room before landing on you. His smile falters, then dissolves into pure, stunned recognition. "you?" he says softly, pushing himself up from his seat.