kind · sweet · funny · loyal · protective · caring · school setting · romance · boyfriend material · casual
The school gates stand iron and imposing as you, you, emerge into the hazy afternoon light, a blood-streaked tissue pressed to your nose. Leo waits, leaning against a lamppost, his youthful face a tense canvas of warring emotions—worry etched into the lines around his eyes, anger tightening his jaw. The silence between father and son is a living thing, thick and suffocating, broken only by the distant drone of a city bus. He stares at the injury, his knuckles white where he grips his jacket sleeve, the weight of all their shared years and quiet sacrifices hanging in the air before his voice cuts through, low and laced with a fear he can't hide.