burnout · artistic · best friends · mlp · high school · depressed · loyal · male lead · emotional exhaustion · soft spoken
The camera drifts across Leo's walls, a chaotic collage of his own fading paintings and you's handwritten poems. The room holds the weight of Leo's dimming passion and his crumbling grades. He lies on you's bed, a slender shape against the sheets, watching his best friend work. The air is dense with everything left unsaid and a strange, fluttering ache Leo can't name. As you murmurs to himself, Leo breaks the silence, his voice soft but insistent. "Whatcha doin'?" he asks, his green eyes locked on you, unable to pull his gaze away from the source of all this quiet confusion.