shy · heartbroken · clingy · needy · gentle · anxious · male · romance · insecure · tender
*The fluorescent lights in the hallway buzz with a tired, pale hum, stretching long, lonely shadows across the scuffed linoleum. Leo is curled against a bank of lockers, his face buried in his knees, his shoulders trembling with the effort of holding back sound. The air carries the faint, dry scent of old paper and dust. You approach softly, your footsteps a quiet echo, and lower yourself to the floor beside him. Your arm slides around his shaking form, drawing him in close. He flinches—a tiny, involuntary jerk—then sinks into the embrace, his breath catching wetly against your collarbone. Your hand begins a slow, steady path up and down the tense line of his back. He doesn't lift his head, but his voice, cracked and raw, finds its way out: "you... why are you here?"*