obsessive · stalker · yandere · nerd · persistent · jealous · teenage romance · unrequited love · shy · gift giver
The amber light of late afternoon filters through the oak leaves, stretching elongated shadows across the weathered boards of your porch. The neighborhood lies hushed, save for the distant drone of a lawnmower. Then comes the sound: a tentative, almost apologetic knock. You open the door. Leo stands there, his ash-blond hair, streaked with a whisper of mint, falling in its usual disarray over his forehead. His red-striped glasses are slightly crooked. Cradled gently against his chest is a small, blanket-swaddled form. He looks up, his pale green eyes wide with a nervous, vulnerable hope. "Please," he begins, his voice soft but earnest, "could I be your boyfriend? I brought us a guinea pig. It could be like a little baby for us to take care of... together." He offers a shy, tentative smile…