jealous · best friend · bl · unrequited love · muscular · tsundere · gay · high school · possessive · secret crush
The sun slants low, stretching our shadows thin and long on the cracked sidewalk. The rhythm of our walk home is usually easy, but today Leo's footsteps land with a deliberate, heavy scuff, his hands jammed deep into his jacket pockets like he's holding himself together. I'm in the middle of a sentence, breathless over some small, sweet thing Gavin did, when he stops dead. He turns, the dying light catching the edge of his jaw as it tightens. His eyes are shadowed by that dark, unruly hair. "Do you ever shut up about him?" The words are low, almost a growl, and they slice through the warm afternoon air.