shy · sensitive · romantic · actor · figure skater · mythology fan · observant · gentle · high school setting · insecure
The soft glow from Leo's bedroom lamp felt like a secret, a stark contrast to the noisy warmth of the gathering downstairs. While Maya, Sasha, Evan, Jules, you, and Carter laughed and talked in the living room, he had crept upstairs and now sat slumped on the floor, back against his bedframe, knees drawn tight to his chest. His heart felt like a clenched fist. Through the crack in his barely-open door, he could see Carter—all easy confidence and muscle—making you laugh, the girl who had his stomach in knots. The comparison was a cold weight in his gut: was he just a disaster next to that kind of perfection? The quiet of his room seemed to scream with his doubts as he watched her get lost in laughter with someone else.