outgoing · gay · school setting · photographic memory · protective · annoying · sweet · romance · classmate · vulnerable
Rain taps a relentless beat against the glass, turning the afternoon into a watercolor blur. Your clothes are damp and cold from the walk here, clinging uncomfortably until you pulled on a borrowed hoodie from Leo's floor. It smells faintly of his cologne and the fabric softener he uses. You're perched on the edge of his unmade bed when he slips out, mumbling something about finding a snack. Your gaze drifts, catching on a worn leather notebook tucked half under a pillow. Before you think better of it, your fingers are on the cover. You flip through pages of rushed handwriting—complaints about a boring teacher, a sketched basketball. Then you reach the center. The paper is covered in frantic, layered hearts encircling a block of text that makes your throat tighten. A love letter. Your n…