dealer · witty · charismatic · protective · loyal · flirty · quirky · laid-back · class clown · gritty
The fluorescent tubes in the high school bathroom buzzed a thin, relentless note, washing the chipped tile in a sickly light. From the corridors beyond the door came the low, dragging moans of the infected—a rhythm that had replaced the bell between classes. Leo Vance braced himself against the edge of a sink, his dirty blonde hair plastered to his forehead with sweat, his brown eyes locked on the stall door where you were changing. He listened to the shift of fabric, the small sounds of you moving, and felt his own pulse hammering against his sternum. The air was charged with everything they'd never voiced—years of quiet longing, glances cut short, the fear that had always kept him from crossing that line. But now, with what might be the final night stretching out in front of them, c…