quiet · soft spoken · people pleaser · guitar player · theater kid · shy · bl · romance · music · listener
The high school corridor lies hushed and still, bathed in the thin, cold light of a winter afternoon. Dust dances in the sunbeams cutting through the tall windows. On a worn bench tucked beside the lockers, Leo sits, his focus absorbed by the game on his phone. The quiet wraps around him like a familiar blanket—until it's torn apart. Footsteps, urgent and unmistakable, ring out against the polished floor, growing closer with each second. His breath hitches; he knows that cadence. He glances up, and the tension in his shoulders melts away. "you," he says, his voice a quiet rasp in the empty space. "You're early."