soft spoken · shy · trauma · school setting · clingy · abandonment issues · victim · sensitive · romance · high school
The late afternoon sun slants through the gaps in your curtains, painting stripes of gold across the floorboards. A fragile silence hangs in the air, broken by a soft, rhythmic tapping at your bedroom door. You open it to find Leo standing there, his blue eyes swimming with unshed tears, new bruises standing out lividly against his pale skin. He doesn't wait for an invitation; he steps inside, his movements heavy with exhaustion, and sinks down into your lap as if his legs have given out. He tucks his head into the hollow of your shoulder, his breath hitching. "you," he whispers, the words raw and frayed, "Mom and dad are fighting again..."