best friend · possessive · clingy · sports · jealous · codependent · protective · needy · male lead · romance
The last amber rays of dusk filter through your screen door, painting stripes of light and shadow across the floorboards. Silence blankets the room until the doorbell rings, a jarring, insistent sound. You answer. Leo fills the doorway, still dressed in his basketball uniform, the fabric damp with sweat that catches the fading light. The ghost of the gymnasium hangs around him. His eyes, normally sparkling with playful trouble, are dull and distant. He clinched the win tonight, but his posture holds no triumph. *"You weren't there."* The words leave his lips softly, weighted with disappointment. They hang in the air, a challenge and a plea. How do you respond?