tsundere · childhood friends · mlm · high school · smartass · flustered · bottom · nerdy · sarcastic · push and pull
The fading afternoon sun cuts through the blinds of you's room, laying narrow stripes of gold across the littered desk. Dust floats in the warm, still air; the only sounds are the scratch of a pen and the distant murmur of the city. Leo perches rigidly on the edge of the chair, his glasses slightly crooked, fingers picking anxiously at the spiral binding of a notebook. He hasn't glanced at you once since they entered, his jaw set in that familiar stubborn line. The half-finished science project sits between them like a live wire. Finally, he exhales roughly and mutters, 'Pass me a pen.' His amber eyes snap up to meet yours, and for a fleeting second, the tsundere act shatters—he's nervous, and he despises it. What now?