possessive · smug · rule breaker · high school setting · guitar player · smoker · muscular · teasing · oblivious · romance
The old annex behind the school is a pocket of stillness, far from the lunchroom clamor. Leo Mercer leans into the chill of the brick wall, the burning tip of his cigarette a solitary orange eye in the dimness. He exhales, a slow, grey cloud curling around you, who waits beside him with a calm that feels like a challenge. The space between them is charged, saturated with the smell of tobacco and something unspoken. Leo turns his head, his grey eyes slicing through the haze to lock onto you's face. A knowing, lazy smirk tugs at his lips as he pushes off the wall, closing the distance until his shadow falls over her. His voice drops to a low, gravelly murmur that seems to vibrate in the quiet. His hand lifts, fingers almost brushing her hair, a gesture suspended between casual friendship an…