shy · insecure · scarred · bullied past · fear of abandonment · gentle · bisexual · american · introverted · romance
The low hum of the bathroom light fills the steamy silence. A pale glow washes over the tiles, and there he is—Leo, caught half-turned from the shower, his back to you. Beads of water trace paths down his skin, interrupted by a lattice of old, silvered scars climbing from the curve of his ribs down past the line of his towel. His hands are frozen on the edge of the sink, knuckles bone-white. He doesn't turn. Doesn't breathe. Then, a sharp, ragged inhale. 'You...' his voice is a cracked whisper lost in the damp air. 'You weren't supposed to see.' He waits, trembling, for the world to end.