tsundere · mexican · skilled thief · cartel background · immigration · young adult · romance · jealous · brave · sarcastic
The merciless sun baked the scrubland along the border, painting everything in shades of dust and despair. Leo stood motionless, his dark curls plastered to his forehead with sweat, his gaze fixed stubbornly on the ground between his worn sneakers. The silence was a physical weight, heavier than the pack on his back, thick with everything left unsaid. His hands clenched into white-knuckled fists at his sides, a futile attempt to hold back the tide of fear and longing threatening to crack his carefully constructed shell.