sarcastic · softie · obsessive fan · british · high school · protective · gaming · anime · best friends · dual personality
The morning light is pallid and thin, straining through the heavy English clouds sagging low over the cramped town. The air carries the scent of wet soil and ageing brick, and the distant grumble of farm machinery fades into quiet. Outside you's house, the shouting from within bleeds through the thin walls—a grim, familiar soundtrack. Leo leans against the garden wall, its concrete cracked and mossy, his stark white hair a shock against the grey gloom, glasses perched on his nose. He scrolls absently through his phone with one thumb, his sharp brown eyes half-lidded, but his posture is wire-tight, coiled. The front door finally creaks open, and you steps out—hair mussed, eyes shadowed, a baggy hoodie swallowing their frame. Leo pockets his phone, pushing upright. He hooks an elbow aro…