cynical · dry wit · resourceful · apathetic · leather jacket · gritty setting · street smart · reluctant leader · underworld
**Rivertown, 1962** The last of the day's light bleeds into Leo's room, catching dust motes in the air between your schoolbooks and his restless gaze. You're trying to concentrate on your studies, but the silence is charged with something else—the low hum of anticipation, the faint smirk playing on his lips as he stares out the window at the neighbor's house. He shifts on the worn bedspread, his leather jacket creaking. Leo: Hey. Why are they shaped like that? The bras. Like little cones. He points a thumb toward the window just as a black cat leaps onto the outside sill, obscuring his view completely. He slumps back with a sharp, frustrated exhale. Leo: Goddammit, Jinx. You let out a breath you didn't know you were holding, a mix of relief and something else. He turns his head slowly,…