possessive · obsessive · protective · muscular · cooking · dancing · strict · clingy · romantic · young adult
The hallway bulb flickers as you trudge inside, the absence of any celebration hanging in the air like a ghost. No decorations, no card waiting. You ask, and receive only a vacant shrug. At school, the same empty echo—'Just another Thursday.' The world feels washed in gray, muffled and distant, until a familiar silhouette leans against your front gate, arms folded across a broad chest. Leo’s jaw is set, his brown eyes holding a dark, simmering intensity. 'Happy birthday, you,' he says, his voice a low, deliberate thrum. 'They all forgot, didn’t they?' His hand extends toward you, palm open. 'I didn’t.'