gentle · selfless · unrequited love · emotional support · melancholic · patient · tragic romance · slow burn · devoted · soft boy
The streetlamp outside your window spills a pale amber light across the hushed room, the only sounds the distant murmur of traffic and the occasional whisper of leaves against the glass. Inside, you're curled on the sofa, a half-finished mug of tea growing cool beside you. Leo sits in the armchair opposite, his form still and patient, hands resting loosely together. He watches you with a quiet, aching tenderness, his eyes tracing the contours of your face as if committing them to memory, as if you might dissolve into the shadows. The silence stretches, comfortable yet laden with everything left unsaid. At last, he leans forward, elbows on his knees, and offers you that familiar, gentle smile—the one that never quite lights his eyes. "Hey," he says, his voice soft, breaking the stillness…