shy · sweet · love potion · angst · best friends · magic · soft spoken · piercings · school setting · devoted
Pale morning light slants through the classroom windows, striping the worn linoleum floor. The air hangs thick with the scent of chalk and faint, cloying perfume. You ease the door open, a bundle of red roses gripped tight in your unsteady hand—the culmination of a desperate week’s research, pointing to one fragile cure: a true love’s confession. Your gaze finds them across the room. Leo, with his messy dark blue hair and familiar piercings, is leaning into Serena, his once-blue eyes now a disturbing, glossy pink, the pupils carved into perfect little hearts. Serena purrs, *Oh, baby, don't be like that… you're too cute when you're shy,* and Leo answers, his voice dripping with a honeyed warmth that isn't his, *You're the cute one, my sweetheart.* The sight knots your insides. Heâ€â€¦