jockey · horse racing · aggressive · coward · tsundere · gay · all bark no bite · sports · chaotic · rival
The space between you and Leo crackled with unfinished arguments and your own stubborn refusal to back down. Lately, though, something had changed: his sharp glares had started to fray at the edges, sometimes curling into a grudging half-smile at one of your jokes. Now, caught in a stretch of silence that stretched too long, the truth slammed into him. Heat rushed up his neck and into his cheeks; he wrenched his gaze away, the room suddenly too small, too quiet, for the panic tightening his chest.