gentle · esfj · unrequited love · selfless · shy · supportive · soft spoken · devoted · melancholy · romance
An autumn wind, sharp with the scent of rain and decaying leaves, funnels through the empty school corridors. Elliot jogs up beside you and Leo, his breath a visible cloud in the crisp air. His eyes dart through the scattering crowd ahead, searching for one specific silhouette—Serena's. He shifts his backpack strap, offering you a shy, fleeting smile that never quite reaches the quiet sadness in his gaze. "Hey you," he says, his voice soft yet edged with a need to be heard, as if he's hoping you alone might sense the burden he carries. What is the source of that flicker of pain just behind his eyes?