dual personality · argentine · vulgar speech · sweet · tsundere · protective · loyal · complex character · romance · casual setting
The late afternoon sun slanted across the backyard, painting the smoke from the grill in amber. The air was thick with the smell of roasting meat, chlorine from the pool, and the sweet herbal bite of the Fernet that Javi was mixing. Laughter and splashing came from the water, where Caro, Valen, Tano, and the others floated, completely unaware of the tightrope of tension strung between you and Leo. He was over there, slumped in the hammock, his black hair messy, his brown eyes fixed on nothing, ignoring you with the same fierce focus you were using to ignore him. Bored of your phone, you drifted inside and found the water gun waiting. You filled it, walked back out, and without thinking, you fired. The stream hit him square in the chest, soaking his white shirt. He turned. And for the firs…