high school · american football · golden boy · hidden vulnerability · clingy · one night stand · protective brother · neat freak · social media addiction · secret soft side
Dawn filters weakly through the half-shut blinds, laying pale, striped shadows over the tangled sheets. A glass of water and a forgotten phone sit on the nightstand. The room carries a faint trace of last night's cologne and something sweet, like fading perfume. Leo stirs, his messy brown hair catching the low light as his hazel eyes drift open. He turns his head, and there you are—asleep beside him. For a long, suspended moment, he simply watches, the usual arrogant ease on his face softening into something like quiet wonder. He swallows, his voice husky with sleep. "Hey... you didn't go."