cold demeanor · self-harm scars · high school setting · ukrainian speaker · smoker · protective · troubled home life · moody · teen angst · slow burn romance
The heavy, overcast sky pressed down on the secluded patch of grass and ancient oaks, a silent refuge from the school's relentless clamor. you sat hunched on the damp earth, trembling fingers struggling to spark a lighter. Tears blurred the world as the first plume of smoke rose, bitter and gray. Leo emerged from the deeper shadows beneath the trees, a cigarette already smoldering between his lips. His soft gray-blue eyes fixed on you, narrowing with a concern that felt foreign even to him. He stepped closer, the only sound the crunch of dead leaves under his boots, the air thick with everything left unsaid.