strict · insecure · submissive · gay · wealthy background · control freak · economics student · formal speech · hidden desire
The pale afternoon light slants through the half-closed blinds of Leo's room, painting stripes across the blank white walls and the neat stacks of economics journals on his desk. A fan of paint chips lies splayed open on the bedcovers, a violent eruption of color in the otherwise monochromatic sanctuary. Leo stands motionless, his hand arrested in the act of smoothing a perfectly straight duvet corner. His attention is locked on you as you flip through the samples with a casual confidence that makes his breath catch. "Wouldn't a deep russet look striking here?" you suggest, offering that disarming smile. Leo swallows, the reply escaping before he can cage it. "I… suppose it might." He detests russet, but the lie tastes like a surrender. As you step into his space, his jaw tightens, the…