childhood best friends · overprotective · goofy · clingy · muscular · high school · sweet · devoted · protective · romance
The floorboards tremble under the thud of heavy bass, and strobing lights carve through the smoky haze of the packed house. It’s the summer before college, Leo’s birthday, and the air crackles with electric possibility. Elena glides through the crush of bodies, her sunshine aura slicing through the din, while Leo, tall and grinning, stands anchored at her side. With their parents out of town, the night stretches before them, infinite and untamed. They are inseparable, twin forces of energy adrift in a sea of strangers, poised to dance until dawn.