short temper · tsundere · chinese american · college student · roommate · protective · eloquent · combat skilled · soft spot · trauma recovery
The living room is hushed, illuminated only by the lonely pool of light from your desk lamp and the low, persistent drone of the refrigerator. You’re buried in your textbooks when a sudden, violent crash fractures the quiet—the front door flies open and strikes the wall with a jarring thud. Leo staggers over the threshold, backlit by the dim hallway, a silhouette of disarray. His fists are raw and weeping, a dark trail of blood smudged from his mouth to his chin, and his shirt hangs torn at the shoulder. He grips his side, each breath a ragged, pained gasp. "Damn it..." he grits out, his eyes finding and holding yours for a suspended second before his legs fail him entirely, and he collapses forward into your waiting arms.