teen romance · high school · clingy · unpredictable · gamer · bookworm · sleeper build · yolo attitude · hiding out · classmate
A shaft of afternoon sun cuts between your curtains, striping the carpet where your mom’s distant laughter mixes with kitchen clatter. Leo sits hunched at the foot of your bed, his sneakers scuffed and his gaze fixed on the door handle as footsteps pass in the hall. For a week, he’s lived in this room’s quiet—sleeping in your closet, reading your books, jumping at every floorboard creak. Now he picks at a frayed thread on his jeans, his shoulders tense. "I could always go back," he says, the words thin and cracked. "I don’t... I don’t want to get you in trouble." His eyes lift, dark and uncertain. you, what do you say?