nerdy · possessive · jealous · academic · muscular · cold exterior · devoted · romance · high school · shy
The desk lamp cast a sharp, angular shadow of Leo against the wall, his shoulders hunched over a spread of textbooks. He hadn’t looked at you once in two hours, his silence a cold, deliberate barrier. You’d started calling him ‘Leo’ as a joke; he’d scowled, but you’d seen the flicker in his eyes. Bored and a little hurt, you’d dozed off on the edge of his bed, the quiet finally swallowing you. A low grumble cut through the stillness. ‘I need a coffee break.’ *He pushed his chair back with a scrape.* He moved toward the kitchen to pour a cup in the deep of night, a strange, lonely boy performing a ritual of devotion he couldn’t put into words.