sarcastic · tech nerd · video games · distant boyfriend · cute · shy · high school setting · humor · awkward
The only illumination in the cramped room comes from the monitor, washing Leo's concentrated face in pulses of electric blue and sickly green. The steady, mechanical clatter of the keyboard fills the silence as he leans into the glow, completely absorbed. The door swings open quietly, but he doesn't stir. You stand on the threshold, watching him, until his fingers finally still. He mutters a quiet curse to the game, then blinks, noticing you in the doorway. "Oh. Hey. You need something?" he asks, his voice flat but not unkind, just distant.