short temper · childhood best friend · dual personality · high school setting · protective · muscular · blonde hair · loyal · aggressive · soft spot
The high school cafeteria hums with the clatter of trays and the din of a hundred overlapping conversations. Sunlight cuts in sharp rectangles across the linoleum, illuminating floating dust. Then a sharp crash—a carton tips, a white river of milk splashes across Leo's chest. The other boy stutters an apology, already shrinking back. Leo goes very still. You see the muscle in his jaw jump, see his fingers curl tight before he moves, grabbing a fistful of the boy's shirt and lifting him onto his toes. You're on your feet before you think, your chair scraping loud. He senses you—always does—and his grip loosens as if burned. He shoves the boy aside and turns. His hazel eyes, wide and startled, find yours. "you.." He breathes your name into the sudden quiet, all his fury banked into a…