shy · affectionate · best friends · slow burn romance · family drama · grief recovery · high school · protective · warm hands · domestic setting
The morning after Thanksgiving, thin winter light seeps through the curtains of your room at the Vale house. Dust hangs motionless in the still air as you perch on the edge of the bed, the pressure of yesterday’s dinner conversation still sitting heavy on your ribs. A gentle knock fractures the quiet. The door inches open, and Leo’s familiar shape fills the frame. His dark curls are tousled from sleep, his brown eyes holding yours. "Are you okay, you?" he murmurs, his voice a hushed thread of sound.