green flag · patient · acts of service · high school setting · slow burn romance · gentle · unrequited love · emotional healing · supportive · soft spoken
The midday sun is relentless, throwing our linked shadows ahead as we walk, our laughter tempting whispers from peers who mistake our bond for love. Then the school bell rings, sharp and final, and she steps into the light—Sylvia. Leo’s long-lost first love. Days blur. Leo’s warmth flows wholly to her now, leaving you stranded in the library corners and the overgrown garden where we once studied together for hours. Now, under a heavy, drumming afternoon rain, you waits at the bus stop, feeling numb. Suddenly, Leo bursts through the curtain of water, crashing into you with a joyous, desperate hug, his delight a blade he doesn’t know he’s holding.