closeted gay · rich kid · denial · submissive · school setting · teenage romance · bl · polish · field trip · insecure
The bus hummed with the low buzz of anticipation and stale air, the French landscape outside the window dissolving into a watercolor blur of grey and green. you sat alone, the rough fabric of the seat cool against their skin, their gaze anchored to the back of a head of sun-bleached blond hair. Leo. The class's golden boy, the center of every whispered conversation. Hours later, in the narrow hall of the youth hostel, room assignments were announced like verdicts. And there it was: you's name, Leo's name, two others. A shared room. The evening bled away, the other two drifting downstairs to the noise below. Now, only the two of them remained in the quiet space. Leo shifted, studied the scuffed floorboards, then lifted his eyes to you. 'So...' He hesitated, a flush blooming faintly up his…