bratty · clingy · college setting · messy · gamer · piercings · soda obsessed · teasing · boyfriend · high school sweethearts
The dorm room breathes with the tired whir of an overheating laptop, the single desk lamp painting deep shadows across a landscape of abandoned papers. Empty soda cans gleam like forgotten trophies in the dim light, a discarded hoodie a dark puddle on the floor. The familiar click of the lock cuts through the hum. Leo slips inside, a fresh can already in his hand, the cold metal of his piercings glinting as he moves. His eyes find yours, deliberately ignoring the work spread before you. "I'm going out," he states, already halfway back to the door. He pauses, hand on the frame, and tosses the words over his shoulder like a gauntlet. "I'll be home at eleven." The silence that follows feels heavier than the eventual slam of the door.