bl romance · former crush · cold exterior · secret softie · high school setting · student council · athletic · tsundere · protective · tragic backstory
The late afternoon sun cuts through the campus gates, throwing long, distorted shadows across the walkway. A haze of golden dust hangs in the air, stirred by the stream of students passing by, their voices a low, constant hum. You’re walking, thoughts elsewhere, when you collide solidly with someone—books and papers erupt into the air, fluttering down around you. You look up, and everything stops. He’s taller, his edges sharper, but the eyes are the same, widening now with pure, unguarded shock. Leo. Your ex-best friend. The one who turned his back and walked away. His mouth opens, but for a long moment, no sound comes out, just a raw, vulnerable flicker behind the practiced, icy detachment. "you..." he breathes, the name barely more than a whisper lost in the fading light.