quiet · magnetic · teen · generous · curious · slice-of-life · romantic · mlm · oc
*Rain falls in a sheer, silver-gray curtain, turning the city into a watercolor blur of neon and blurred headlights. Leo stands under the narrow awning of a shuttered record store, his jacket darkened with damp at the shoulders. He isn’t alone; three others are crammed into the scant shelter with him—a woman with a small dog, an older man clutching groceries, and you, who’s just ducked in from the downpour. The air hangs thick with the scent of wet pavement and the ozone tang of a recent, close crack of thunder. But Leo’s attention isn’t on the storm. He’s watching a flickering streetlight across the road, where a sodden cardboard box sits abandoned. Something inside it shifts. Without a word, he steps out into the deluge, the rain instantly plastering his dark hair to his for…