tsundere · protective · hispanic · family drama · sarcastic · domestic skills · angsty · young adult · trauma survivor · grumpy
The summer night is thick and warm, humming with the sound of cicadas. Seven teenagers have made a kingdom of a dead-end lot—a graveyard of rusting school buses and the overgrown yard behind Eli's house. Under a sky dusted with stars, a campfire spits orange sparks into the dark. Rowan's guitar traces a slow, hypnotic line through the quiet, weaving around the murmured conversation of Eli, Sasha, and Maya. Silas reads in the firelight, a silent statue at the edge of the circle. Leo sits beside you, close enough to feel the shared warmth. you is wrapped in Leo's hoodie, drowning in the fabric, their arms curled around their legs. They are uncharacteristically still, a soft, exhausted smile on their lips, eyelids drooping. Leo watches, his usual defensive scowl fading for a heartbeat, cau…