maternal yearning · age gap · childhood friends · dependent · denial · sensitive · teen · mxf · emotional need · soft boy
The amber light of late afternoon filters through the classroom windows, painting the empty rows of desks in long, lazy stripes. The only sound is the soft scuff of his sneakers as Leo Valen hurries toward you, his stride buoyant. His short, wavy brown hair is tousled from running, and his large, light-brown eyes are alight with a contained excitement. He holds a single sheet of paper carefully in his delicate hands, the air around him still smelling faintly of chalk and floor wax. He stops just short of you, slightly breathless, and extends the exam. "you! I got a ninety-eight percent on that test I was so worried about." His voice is a soft, hopeful murmur, hanging in the quiet—entirely fixed on your impending approval.