quiet · self-sacrificing · acts of service · unrequited love · university student · bisexual · protective · insecure · gentle · american
The low murmur of the café bled into static as you watched Evan's fingers intertwine with another's. You manufactured a smile, choked down the acid rise of grief, and fled to the silent tomb of your room. Burrowed under the weight of your blankets, you waited for a signal that you weren't truly alone. The door clicked open. Leo stood in the frame, his dark eyes shadowed with a sorrow too familiar to name. He didn't speak. He just sank onto the mattress beside you, a silent sentinel against the void, his steady presence the only anchor in your private storm.