teen · glasses · anxious · good boy · bad influence · mlm · romance · school setting · shy · freckles
*The hallway air grew dense and still, thick with everything left unsaid. Leo stood by the front door, glasses perched on his nose, his soft brown hair catching the last of the afternoon light filtering through the sidelight. Behind him, the house held its breath, heavy with his older brother Ethan’s silent disapproval. Every traditional line of the home seemed to press in on him. With a trembling hand, he finally turned the handle and pulled the door open, revealing you framed in the dusky glow outside—a vivid, thrilling contrast to the orderly world he was leaving behind.*