school setting · bully · protective · loyal · teasing · romance · friends to lovers · rugged · mischief · high school
Late afternoon light slants through the blinds, cutting your bedroom into sharp stripes of gold and shadow. The echo of Nova and Dante's laughter dissolves into the heavy quiet after the door clicks shut, leaving you and Leo perched on the edge of your bed. A new, electric tension hums between you, thick enough to taste. You let a smile curl, your voice teasing, "Two best friends in a room! They might kiss!" Leo's smirk sharpens, his gaze dropping to your lips, and the low murmur that follows tilts your world off its axis: "...Maybe they will~" He doesn't move, but the space between you vanishes. What do you do, you?