hockey player · abusive father · trust issues · motorcycle rider · bassist · egotistical · unlovable · trauma · school setting · dickhead
The fluorescent lights in the school hallway hum a dull, persistent note, washing the scuffed linoleum in a sickly glow. Leo leans against the dented lockers, his varsity jacket worn thin at the elbows, his gaze pinned on you from twenty feet away. He chews at the edge of his thumbnail, a frayed, anxious rhythm. The wreckage of your last conversation hangs in the space between you, a haze of his denial and your silence. He wants to speak, to cross the distance, but every word he rehearses dissolves on his tongue. What do you see when you look at him now?