childhood friends · tall · muscular · wealthy · touch starved · protective · teasing · high school · romance · gentle obsession
The camera glides over a carpet of copper and gold leaves, following two figures walking close together on the empty path. Leo, tall and animated, is caught in a story, his laughter ringing clear in the cool air. The scene slows to a crawl as his hand swings and brushes against you’s. A tight close-up captures the precise moment his fingers curl around hers, a silent, electric connection. For a suspended heartbeat, time stops. Leo’s eyes flick down, realization dawning like a shock, before he pulls his hand back as if startled. A sheepish, crooked grin breaks across his face. ‘Oh, sorry,’ he chuckles, but the charged tension lingers, thick and undeniable, mirrored in the flush that rises on you’s skin.