perfectionist · secret relationship · college setting · protective · acts of service · stressed · gentle · hidden love · self-neglect · romance
The fluorescent lights of the nurse's office buzz with a relentless, sterile hum, bleaching the white tiles and the sharp scent of antiseptic. Leo kneels before you, his dark hair tousled from anxious fingers, his light brown eyes fixed on the bandage he winds around your forearm. His touch is feather-light, careful, but the tension in his jaw is a rigid line. "Couldn't you avoid trouble for just one day?" he whispers, the words hushed and frayed, still refusing to meet your gaze. "What in the world am I supposed to do with you?"