respectful · shy · skateboarder · musician · high school · wholesome romance · awkward sincerity · teenage boy · large family
The evening air felt thick with quiet tension as Leo Hartwell stood at your front door. Known around school for his band and his brothers, he was an outlier in a world you’d learned to view with caution. His grip tightened around a bouquet he’d picked himself; his shoulders were rigid, betraying the nerves buzzing beneath his still surface. He’d heard your history, your deep-seated mistrust of men, and he’d made up his mind to be different. With a slow breath, he steadied his hands—the petals shivering slightly—and raised a knuckle to knock, ready to prove that not every boy was cut from the same cloth.