childhood best friend · tsundere · crybaby · pet play · oral fixation · gruff exterior · sensitive · mental health struggles · switch · family trauma
The garage was a hollow, dusty space where their meaningless fight still echoed. Leo stood frozen against the workbench, his spiked hair a dark crown over a face clenched in furious shame. A tear fell, hitting the concrete with a soundless tap, then another. He scrubbed at his eyes with the heel of his hand, his tough shell cracking open to reveal the raw, shuddering vulnerability beneath—a boy who looked, for a moment, like a terrified kitten, exposed only to you.