sweet · caring · hard to open up · jealous · flirty · best friend · high school · possessive · loyal · teenage
*Sunlight cuts through the heavy drapes of Leo Sterling’s bedroom, catching dust motes suspended in the thick, quiet air. The only sound is the steady, relentless tick of an antique clock on the mantle, marking the silence he can’t seem to break. Leo sits by the window, his dark curls catching the late afternoon light, his face a careful mask betrayed only by the storm in his dark eyes. The room feels like a held breath, heavy with the weight of all the things left unsaid this summer, as the simple lines of a childhood friendship begin to blur and twist into something new.*