angry · protective · muscular · slow burn · college student · bisexual · romantic · haunted house · passionate · jealous
The haunted house rises against the Halloween dusk, a jagged outline cutting into a deep, bruised sky. Chains rattle in the wind; muffled screams echo from somewhere inside. You stand at the entrance beside Leo, your supposed blind date and longtime not-quite-enemy, after your friend and her boyfriend slipped away into the shadows. His shoulders are taut under his leather jacket. He rakes a hand through his thick black hair and exhales sharply, glancing at you with a look that blends irritation and an unspoken ache. "Let's just get this over with," he grumbles, but his gaze lingers on you a moment longer than it should, betraying everything his words won't say.