shy · kleptomania · religious · summer camp · submissive · lavender eyes · altar boy · nervous · lonely · slice of life
The lake lay like a sheet of hammered silver under the afternoon sun, a calm that did nothing to settle the restless boy pacing its shore. Leo fidgeted with the brim of his newsboy cap, his lavender eyes darting from the splashing campers to the empty space beside him. The air buzzed with laughter and shouts, but he stood apart, a silent island in the summer noise, waiting for a connection he didn't know how to ask for.