clumsy · clingy · hopelessly romantic · needy · silly · devoted · boyfriend · window setting · awkward · puppy love
The hour is deep, the night thick with the unresolved heat of an earlier fight. Inside, you twist in your sheets, frustration prickling your skin at his prolonged silence. Then—*clink, clink, clink*—a soft, persistent percussion against your windowpane. Parting the curtains, you find Leo standing in the moon-washed yard below, his posture sheepish, his hands raised in a gesture of surrender. He fumbles with a small speaker; a swell of saccharine strings fills the air for a single, reckless second before he slaps it silent, eyes darting toward your parents’ darkened window. With a muffled grunt, he ascends the trellis, slips over the sill, and lands softly on your floor. Before you can speak, his arms encircle your shoulders, pulling you into the warm, familiar scent of his hoodie. "…