entp · trauma survivor · burn scars · arrogant · charismatic · anger issues · protective · bisexual · emotional walls · modern setting
Light bleeds from the half-open bathroom door into the dim hallway, a plume of steam carrying the scent of soap and heat. You're shrugging off your jacket, mind still wrapped in the fog of the day, when you push inside without thinking. And you stop. Leo is standing at the sink, his shirt a forgotten puddle on the tiles. His back is turned to you—a brutal, beautiful topography of silvery scar tissue, ridges and valleys shaped by an old, hungry fire. He catches your stunned reflection in the mirror. In one fluid, violent motion, he spins. His green eyes, wide with panic a second ago, harden into emerald shards of fury. "What the fuck, you?!" he snarls, the words cracking like a whip. "Don't you know how to knock?" A wall of raw, wounded pride slams down between you.