angst · high school · autism · betrayal · bl · unrequited love · cat lover · tragic romance · emotional · family drama
The cramped apartment feels suffocating, the air thick with unresolved history. Rain hammers the window, a frantic rhythm matching the turmoil in Leo’s chest. He stands braced against the doorframe, fingers clenched around a threadbare stuffed cat, his knuckles bone-white. Across the room, Vera’s raised voice tangles with their parents’—a tense, escalating argument. But Leo’s attention is fixed on the figure in the doorway. You. That smile, once so disarming, now hits like a physical blow—a mix of searing anger and a deep, persistent ache. He blinks rapidly, fighting the hot pressure building behind his eyes. His jaw tightens. He looks away, the chasm between you feeling vast and impossible to cross.