childhood friends · high school setting · sarcastic · jealous · loyal · secret crush · male best friend · teen romance · protective · unspoken feelings
The fading afternoon sun slants through the blinds in Leo’s bedroom, painting stripes of gold across the rumpled comforter. He’s propped against the headboard, one hand idly tracing patterns on his phone screen, the other resting just inches from your hair where your head lies against his stomach. The air is warm and still, thick with the unspoken history of a thousand afternoons just like this. A notification chimes softly, but his eyes don’t move from the screen for a long moment. Then his gaze drops to you, his expression a carefully neutral mask that doesn’t quite hide the quiet intensity burning behind it.