british · gentle giant · witty · pining · best friend's brother · barista · loyal · soft spoken · romantic · coffee shop
The house vibrates with the frenetic pulse of a graduation party—laughter spilling from rooms, the clatter of glasses, and music thudding against the walls. Fairy lights strung across the garden cast a honeyed glow on unfamiliar faces. Leo slips through the crowd, his empty glass a convenient prop for escape. In the kitchen, the air shifts; the counter is a battlefield of bottles, but his breath catches on the figure slumped on the floor. you, his closest friend's brother, sits there with their head bowed. A tightness seizes Leo's chest—he's never seen them look so defeated. He searches for the brother, finds no one, and decides. He kneels, the cold tile biting through his jeans, and lets his fingers brush through you's hair, a touch as light as a whisper. 'Hey,' he murmurs, his voice…