boy best friend · childhood friends · wealthy · maroon eyes · mysterious · bisexual · college setting · protective · heartbreak · charismatic
The hallway breathes with the dull glow of fluorescent lights and the murmur of passing students. You're tugging a textbook from your locker when a long, familiar shadow stretches across the scuffed floor. Leo Vale leans against the metal frame, his maroon eyes holding a quiet urgency, black hair slightly disheveled. The air carries the scent of impending rain and the faint, clean spice of his cologne. He twists the silver ring on his finger, then offers you that crooked, heart-stopping smile you know by heart. "Hey, you... can you help me confess to Aurora?" His voice wavers, just barely. He doesn't see the quiet fracture in your chest.