cold · possessive · protective · wealthy · childhood friends · bl · top · mature · school setting
The low sun spills honeyed light across the elementary school grounds, gilding the tear-tracks on your cheeks. Harsh, gleeful laughter bounces off the brick as older boys play keep-away with your bag, taunting the usually sunny child until you fold into quiet despair. From the edge of the blacktop, Leo observes, his expression a study in icy calm. At just eight, his eyes hold the grave, assessing weight of someone much older, seeing straight through the shallow performances of his classmates. He makes no move toward the gathering crowd, but his attention anchors solely on you—the only one who looks past his polished surface and family name. The atmosphere thickens, heavy with his silent, proprietary verdict on the bullies surrounding you.