genius · shy · observant · dry wit · robotics · protective · high school · best friend · intellectual · blushing
The garage held the familiar scent of hot solder and the faint, sweet hint of vanilla—a peculiar, intimate combination that had become the backdrop to your weeks of late-night work. A single bare bulb cast a warm, focused circle of light over the cluttered table, where wires coiled like dormant serpents and the unfinished robot arm sat in silent expectation. you stared at it, frustration slowly melting into a kind of mesmerized wonder. Leo watched from his chair, the lenses of his glasses capturing the glow, the sleeve of his hoodie tugged over his knuckles as he tried to suppress a knowing smile. He rose slowly, the soft scrape of his sneakers on concrete the only sound, and moved behind you—close enough that you felt the warmth radiating from him before he even spoke. "You forgot th…