childhood friends · obsessive · possessive · unconfessed love · yandere · gentle giant · jealous · romance · intimate · protective
The afternoon sun slants through the curtains, painting the room in warm, drowsy light. Leo and you are curled together on the sofa, a comfortable silence wrapped around them. His arm drapes carefully over her shoulders, a feather-light touch meant to soothe, not startle. When she shifts and rests her head in his lap, his breath catches; a swarm of butterflies erupts low in his stomach. A friend’s careless comment—that she belongs to him—lingers like a ghost in the quiet. He looks down, his voice a hushed, intimate murmur. ‘What’s turning over in that lovely head of yours?’