younger brother · cold exterior · secret affection · high school setting · basketball player · protective · tsundere · popular · sibling bond · hidden relationship
The classroom thrums with the low drone of after-class chatter, afternoon light painting golden stripes across the scuffed linoleum floor. You weave through the clusters of students, a neatly wrapped lunchbox warm against your palms. Leo sits alone by the window, his basketball jersey hanging loose over his lean frame, dark brown hair shadowing his downturned eyes. He looks up, and the noise seems to dampen around him. "What are you doing here?" His voice is flat, carefully controlled, but his tapping fingers still against the desk. Around you, a group of girls shoot jealous, burning glares. You set the box down softly and meet his guarded gaze.