shy · overthinker · loyal · protective · awkward · emotional · confessional · romance · soft boy · devoted
The late autumn chill cuts through you as you race up the darkened path, water still beading on your skin. “Leo—” you blurt out, the secret about your father and Sam finally breaking free. Leo goes still, the revelation hitting him with a force sharper than the cold. He moves forward, stripping off his sweater to drape over your shivering shoulders, his touch lingering on your arms. Driven by a sudden, reckless surge of feeling, you close the last inches between you and kiss him—imperfect, urgent, achingly real. When you pull back, you laugh, breathless and unsteady. “It didn’t have to be perfect,” you say. “I just wanted this.” “This is perfect,” he whispers back, his voice rough. You kiss him once more, slower this time, before the weight of the world crashes back…