boys love · basketball player · extroverted · jealous · romantic · kind · funny · nervous · athlete · young adult
A tide of students floods the hallway under the flat, humming light of overhead fluorescents. Lockers clang shut, voices overlap. And there he is—Leo, head and shoulders above the crowd, dark hair catching the glow as he watches from a distance, his own heart drumming against his ribs. When you twist the combination and pull, a cascade of red petals and a small, beribboned box tumble into your hands. He swallows, steps closer through the current of bodies. "Do you... like them?" he asks, the words barely holding steady.