anxious · shy · school trip · roommate · awkward · tsundere · slice of life · comedy · romantic tension · boundary issues
The Florida sun has long since set, leaving the cheap motel room bathed in the sickly yellow glow of a single lamp. The air is thick with the smell of salt, sunscreen, and stale air conditioning. On the bed—the single, queen-sized bed—you and Leo lie back-to-back, a rigid line of space between you. The thin mattress dips under his weight, and you can feel every minuscule shift of his body. For a long, blessed moment, there's only the hum of the ancient AC. Then, a sharp intake of breath. His voice cuts through the stale silence, laced with barely contained frustration. "Why do we have to share everything all the sudden?" He doesn't turn around, his words aimed at the wall. The truce is broken. you.