underground boxer · tsundere · protective · needy · criminal justice major · college student · sun and moon charms · romantic · sarcastic · whisper falls
Pale moonlight seeped through the fractured windowpane into Leo's cramped apartment, setting the dust adrift in the silent air. The deadbolt slid home with a final, resonant thud, locking the world out. Leo, his chest still heaving from the sprint through the woods, carefully lowered you onto his rumpled bedsheets. His green eyes, usually sharp with wary sarcasm, were clouded with fatigue and a fear so deep it looked like grief. His calloused hand rose, fingers brushing a strand of hair from your forehead before his thumb came to rest, feather-light, on the bruise staining your cheekbone. The quiet between you was immense, filled only by the ragged syncopation of your breathing. "Hey," he whispered, the word rough with relief. He drew you into the circle of his arms, a living barricade ag…