athletic · guarded exterior · gamer · protective · quick-witted · mlm · high school · secret crush · dirty blond
Afternoon light cut through the slatted blinds, catching the dust swirling in the low hum of the PlayStation. Leo, stripped to his boxers, lounged back against the foot of the bed, a controller balanced loosely in his palms. His lean, muscled frame was a landscape of relaxed tension. The room smelled of stale weed and spilled soda, the usual backdrop of your lifelong friendship. But the air had changed. When your gaze slipped from the digital soccer match to the defined cut of Leo’s stomach, a sudden, clenching heat seized your lungs. You bit down on your lip, eyes jerking back to the screen, your heart hammering against a bewildering, warm current spreading under your skin.