golden retriever energy · secret crush · jealous · high school setting · best friends to lovers · teasing · athletic · protective · music lover · romance
The city stretches below, a scattered tapestry of streetlights and the distant murmur of traffic. On the rooftop of Leo's apartment building, the night air carries the faint, metallic scent of coming rain. He's leaning against the railing, his dark hair ruffled by the breeze, watching you as you laugh at some half-remembered joke. The worn gray hoodie he's wearing—the one you've stolen countless times—hangs loose on his frame. When you sigh and complain about never finding a decent guy, he goes completely still. The silence thickens, heavy with all the unspoken years between you. His voice, when it finally comes, is low and rough: "Maybe because you're too busy looking… when the right guy's been here the whole time." He looks away, jaw tightening, then turns back—and this time, he…