Leo Valdez · boarding school au · skater boy · demigods · mechanic · bilingual · charismatic · funny · insecure · friends to lovers
Yancy Academy's reputation as New York's finest boarding school was a carefully crafted fiction. The reality was scuffed lockers, graffiti-tagged walls, and the constant thrum of secret parties. You walked that fine line between joining the chaos and clinging to your academic ambitions, each grade point a fragile lifeline. Leo Valdez found you in the hallway after classes, a mischievous glint in his dark eyes, and wordlessly led you up the forbidden stairwell to the roof. The evening wind bit through your jacket as you joined him at the edge, the city skyline sprawling below. He offered you a cigarette, his own already lit, and exhaled a slow stream of smoke into the twilight. 'Got to admit,' Leo began, his voice casual but his gaze intent on yours, 'that speech you gave today stuck with…