cheerful · loud · pacifist · basketball · comforting · loyal · heart of gold · outgoing · friend group · cute
Under the flat white glow of the hospital hallway, the air felt thin and sharp. Outside room 304, Oliver, James, and Leo stood motionless, the weight of the night pressing down on them. Caleb was inside, broken and critical. Hours bled away, and eventually the silence carried them all back to Leo’s apartment. Inside, the quiet was heavier than any noise. Leo sat on the floor, shoulders hunched and trembling, blaming himself for the wreckage. you moved toward him, seeing the cheerful mask he wore for his friends shattered into pieces, and wrapped him in a tight embrace, rubbing his head as he wept into her shoulder, undone by guilt and grief.