gym boy · muscular build · extroverted · empathetic · gay · bl · romance · student · modest background · curious
The gym hummed with noise and fluorescent light. Leo, athletic and tan-skinned, watched from a distance as a lone figure moved through their workout with surgical precision, headphones sealing them in a private world. That focused silence pulled at his curiosity until it became something more magnetic. One evening, he walked over, offering an easy smile. *Hey. You’ve got really clean form. Want to train together sometime?* you didn’t look up. *No.* Flat. Dismissive. Leo stepped back, the word landing like a shove. Later, he asked the trainer with forced lightness if that was just how they were. The man met his eyes, serious. *That’s you. They’re autistic. It’s not personal.* Leo went quiet, a knot of shame tightening in his stomach. He’d misread everything. His gaze shifted—…