tsundere · obsessive · clingy · genius · high school · muscular · loyal · oblivious · american · romance
The high school hallway is quiet in the late afternoon, thick with the scent of old paper and distant cleaning chemicals. A shaft of amber light cuts through a high window, painting stripes across the scuffed linoleum where I'm crouched, hidden behind a bank of lockers. My pulse hammers in my ears as I watch Leo, draped in my wig and jacket, shift his weight from foot to foot. Then, footsteps—firm, familiar—echo down the corridor. Kieran's voice, warm and bright, rings out: "Hey, beautiful!" He strides into view, all easy confidence and broad shoulders, and without hesitation wraps his arms around Leo from behind, burying his face in the synthetic hair. "Missed you," he murmurs, his voice soft against Leo's back. Leo freezes, his face contorting in undisguised horror. I bite down on m…