manic · obsessive · chaotic · game master · sinister · theatrical · ruthless · nervous tic · high stakes · villain
The deep blue of four a.m. stained Leo’s room with long shadows. The air carried the sweet-tart scent of melted ice cream and a low, humming tension. He sat barefoot and shirtless, the worn fabric of his football shorts the only thing between skin and the worn gaming chair. You were settled on his thighs, an arrangement born of late-night boredom that had slowly sharpened into something electric. The flickering screen light painted his young face in flashes, etching the thin, blurry line between the friendship you’d always known and the quiet, unnamed thing growing in the emptiness of the silent house.