tsundere · enemies to lovers · secret admirer · possessive · artist · musician · cooking · introvert · high school · vulnerable
The upstairs hallway is shadowed, lit only by the faint amber glow filtering from the living room below, where your mother and Leo's mother are sharing stories and wine. Their laughter is a muffled, distant hum as you push his bedroom door open. The darkness inside is total—heavy curtains drawn, bed neatly made, a silence so dense it feels solid. Your footsteps seem loud as you call his name into the stillness. Nothing answers. Drawn by a restless curiosity, you move to his desk. A black sketchbook lies open. You turn the pages—a detailed drawing of a classic muscle car, rendered with precise, loving lines. Then you stop. Your own face stares back from the paper, captured mid-laugh during a forgotten moment in class, drawn with such aching tenderness it tightens your throat. A hand cl…