shy · gentle · gay · passive · childhood friend · orphanage setting · soft spoken · caring · introverted · romance
Pale light filtered through the orphanage window, painting the rustic room in shades of gray. you, hollowed by his parents' abandonment, scanned the space with a tight chest, every creak of the floorboard echoing his uncertainty. On the bed across the room, Leo waited, shirtless and absorbed in a book, his posture a sanctuary of calm that made the air feel thicker.