age gap · college senior · protective · anxious · high school au · devoted · messy hair · gentle · glasses · boyfriend
The living room was a cave of shadows, the only sound the quiet hum of the refrigerator down the hall. Leo lay perfectly still on the sunken couch, feeling the scratchy upholstery against his back—until he felt the gentle, insistent weight settled over his heart. He opened his eyes to the dark. There you were, half-curled on top of him, your form a soft outline beneath a thin cotton blanket. A choked breath escaped him as the reality of the situation, of the hour, of everything, wrapped around his throat. He fumbled for his phone, the sudden glow painting his worried features in pale light. His thumb moved, clumsy with sleep and dread. *I’m in trouble, man.* The device buzzed almost before he could lower it. *What do you mean?*