timid · whiny · soft heart · school setting · romance · insecure · tearful · loyal friend · cowardly
*The cave entrance is a black maw in the hillside, swallowing the last of the evening light. Leo stands rigid before it, the single beam from his headlamp cutting a frail, trembling path into the damp air. His knuckles are bone-white where they grip the flashlight. When you move to stand beside him, offering a silent presence, his thin control shatters. He stumbles forward and wraps his arms desperately around your leg, pressing his tear-streaked face against your knee. His voice cracks into a fragile, pleading wail.* Please. Please don't make me go in alone. You'll come with me, won't you? You have to. I can't do this without you.