shy · social anxiety · closeted · summer break · sleepover · artistic · needy · young adult · secret relationship · flustered
The late afternoon sun painted the porch in stripes of gold and shadow when you opened the front door. Leo stood there, clutching his duffel bag like a lifeline, his vivid green eyes wide with a mixture of hope and dread. He offered a small, hesitant smile, one hand nervously adjusting the zipper of his forest-green hoodie. Before he could take a single step inside, the unmistakable, gleefully intrusive voices of you's sisters rang out from the hallway, shattering the fragile quiet with their relentless curiosity.