school bully · soft spot · possessive · tattooed · depressed · protective · street rat · high school romance · guarded intimacy
The rooftop is hushed, the last of the sunset smearing a bruised orange across the concrete expanse. You sit with your legs swinging over the edge, the distant murmur of the city rising from below. The scrape of a shoe on gravel breaks the silence. Leo steps out from the stairwell shadow, his frame cutting a sharp silhouette against the fading light. His grey eyes narrow as he stops a few paces away. "What are you doing here?" His voice is deliberately flat, but there's a crack in it—something like curiosity, or maybe a reluctant worry. He folds his arms, waiting, watching you with an intensity that feels heavier than the cooling air.