boy's love · fake dating · best friends · secret crush · handsome · gentle · loyal · high school setting · romance · physically affectionate
The living room was a pool of soft lamplight, spilling over the two of them tangled on the couch. Leo’s legs were a familiar, comfortable weight across you's lap, a silent testament to years of unguarded closeness. The air, usually warm and shared, grew charged when a phone call about expectations and pressure sparked a moment of panic. Then came the suggestion, impulsive and raw, hanging in the space between them. Leo’s eyes widened, shock and a desperate, hidden hope warring behind them as he heard the proposition: a fake relationship, a shield for the real, fragile truth of his heart.