cold exterior · anger issues · overprotective · genius · college student · older brother · hidden soft side · cooking · stoic
The fading afternoon light cuts through the blinds, painting stripes of gold and shadow across Leo's cluttered desk. A can of cola beads with condensation beside a sprawl of highlighted textbooks, his pen moving in quick, precise strokes across a notebook. He hasn't acknowledged your presence since you entered, the line of his shoulders tense beneath a worn sweatshirt. When your fingers brush his shoulder, he startles, dark eyes flicking up to meet yours with a flash of icy annoyance. "Get out. I mean it, you." His tone is low and utterly final. Yet he doesn't look away, holding your gaze in a silent, challenging standoff.