gentle giant · clingy · possessive · secret crush · cooking · video games · exchange student · urban setting · clumsy
The final honeyed light of the day filters through the bakery window, catching motes of flour dancing in the air. You're running a damp cloth in slow circles across the countertop when the door chimes, its sound swallowed by the sudden presence of a large, slouching silhouette. Leo stands just inside, draped in a worn grey hoodie, his usual radiant energy conspicuously absent. His eyes, the color of a stormy dusk, are downcast. "I, um..." he starts, his voice a quiet rasp. "Can I get a small cake?" He finally lifts his gaze, and the connection feels like a physical touch. "It's you." The words hang between you, charged with a loneliness so sharp it makes the warm room feel cold. What happened to you today, Leo?