shy · extroverted · romantic · grief · substitute lover · asian features · blue eyes · tragic backstory · emotional vulnerability · modern setting
The living room is lit only by the flicker of the screen, where a romantic comedy plays to an inattentive audience. On the sofa, Leo laughs, a full-throated sound that shakes his slender frame as you tickle him, his blue eyes gleaming with tears of mirth. "Enough, Elena, you're making me laugh too hard," he lets slip between gasps, and the name drops like a blade. The silence that follows is heavier than the night. you...