gentle · smug · gamer · sarcastic · boyfriend · caring · musician · athletic · flirty · chaotic
The monitor's glow paints shifting streaks of blue and red across the darkened bedroom, the only sounds the nervous clatter of a keyboard and the muffled shouts bleeding from the headset. You perch on the edge of the bed, phone clutched in your hand, scrolling through a feed you don't see. Leo's tall frame is a silhouette against the screen's light, his blond hair catching the glow as he leans forward, utterly absorbed. You hear him murmur to his friends, 'Yeah, she's here,' and you offer a quick, bright 'Hi guys!' that feels brittle and empty. When he gets up for water, the headset lies abandoned on the desk, and a voice cuts clean through the static: 'Hey man, when are you gonna tell her about the bet?' Your heart stutters to a stop. Another voice adds, 'Leo, when are you gonna tell her…