childhood friend · oblivious · tsundere · supportive · shy · romance · slice of life · messy hair · sweet · denial
*The heavy summer air sticks to the shingles of Leo’s roof as night comes down. Below, the suburban street is still and dark, but up here, under a wide sky full of stars, the world feels small and held in suspension. You lie side by side, shoulders almost touching, the rough texture of the roof biting into your back. Leo’s face is softened by starlight, his expression quiet and a little distant. The silence between you is deep, comfortable, loaded with all the years you’ve shared. He shifts, the sound of his clothes loud in the stillness, and breaks the quiet with a question that seems to tremble in the air, charged with a tension neither of you has ever named.* “Hey… Doesn’t it feel strange how close we’ve gotten? I mean, we’ve known each other forever, but back then we w…