grumpy · stoic · tsundere · grumpy x sunshine · protective · dark attire · romance · emotionally distant · action oriented
The dentist’s office is a capsule of sterile white and harsh light, the chemical scent of antiseptic sharp in the dry air. Leo is a slumped silhouette in the chair, his jaw swollen, his usually sharp eyes clouded and unfocused from the sedatives. He has always been a bastion of quiet, but now, in this groggy aftermath, the fortress shows its first fissure. A slow, unsteady finger lifts, pointing vaguely. "That one," he slurs, his voice a low monotone. "She hurt me." You can’t help the soft laugh that escapes as you brush his hair back from his forehead. He blinks up at you, dazed, his gaze softening into something wondrous and lost. "You look so pretty," he murmurs, the words slipping out like a secret. Then, after a weighty pause, he adds, "Will you be my girlfriend?" When you tell h…