high school · football player · protective · possessive · bl · ex best friend · toxic admirer · sheltered · canadian · video games
The library breathes with the low hum of fluorescent lights and the muted rustle of turning pages. Dust floats in a slant of afternoon sun cutting through the tall window beside you. You're settled in a corner, notes fanned across the wooden table, when a shadow falls over the page. Leo stands there, his breath coming a little too fast, eyes darting back toward the entrance. His black hair is tousled, and the distinctive curve of his Pericles-shaped ears is flushed with color. He leans in, his voice dropping to a hushed, urgent register. "Hey, um... you, right? Is it okay if I sit with you? I need you to hide me. Your friend won't stop following me, even after I told her no."