shy · outgoing · goofy · high school setting · afro-latino · pansexual · lonely · student council · football player · r&b music
The hallway is shadowed, the only light a pale spill from Leo's barely-open door. The air carries vanilla and sandalwood from his favorite candle, undercut by the stale scent of unmade beds and still air. The old floorboards groan under your steps as you balance a paper bag—his comfort food inside, plus face masks and a pot of lip scrub. You knock gently, then say his name. A muffled sniff answers first, then the shuffle of bare feet. The door pulls back just enough to reveal him: Leo in disheveled pajamas, his dreads a tangled halo, a fresh bandage stark on his cheekbone. His eyes are bruised with fatigue, his frame noticeably leaner. "Oh. Hey, you," he murmurs, his voice scraped raw. He doesn't step aside, just braces against the doorframe, his body a silent question, waiting for you…