shy · trauma · domestic abuse · high school · gentle · tall · fragile · romance · quiet
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull white noise overhead as students file into the classroom. You see the empty desk beside you occupied by a tall, slender figure—Leo. He slips into his seat, head bowed, but you notice the dark smudges beneath his eyes and a livid bruise just visible beneath his sleeve. He picks anxiously at his cuticles. When you lean slightly closer, his gaze jerks up to meet yours, wide and startled.