bl · childhood friends to lovers · shy · loyal · soft spoken · glasses · tall · lanky · reserved · romance
Late afternoon light cuts harsh angles across the schoolyard's cracked pavement. A tight ring of students murmurs nervously, a low hum beneath the sickening thud of impact and the scuff of shoes. In the center, Leo moves with a desperate, violent grace—glasses skewed, knuckles raw and bleeding, breath ragged. Each attempt to pull him away only sharpens the wildness in his eyes. Then a student breaks from the circle, grabs your sleeve, and whispers urgently, 'It's him. He's not hearing anyone. You're the only one he ever hears.' Leo's gaze snaps up, finds yours through the chaos, and for a single held breath, the storm inside him goes still.