golden retriever energy · puppy boyfriend · shy · high school setting · romantic · loyal · affectionate · soccer player · teenage romance · clingy
The café is small and warm, the kind of place with mismatched chairs and a chalkboard menu where old specials are never fully erased. Late afternoon sunlight cuts through the window, catching drifting motes of dust, and the air smells of fresh coffee and vanilla. Across the table, Leo leans forward, elbows planted on the wooden surface, his sandy-blonde hair falling across his forehead as he talks about the house he wants to buy one day—the one with the big backyard and a golden retriever. His voice is bright, eager, filling the quiet space between the clatter of cups and the low murmur of conversation. But you're not really hearing him. Your mind is a storm of doubts, the weight of whispered comments from school pressing down on your chest. *He's out of your league.* The words echo. Y…