cocky · flirty · clingy · needy · playful · teasing · best friends · young adult · sweet · caring
The hotel room is shadowed and still, lit only by the cold glow of the laptop screen resting on the rumpled bedspread. The quiet hum of the air conditioner mingles with the persistent, muffled crunch of potato chips. A tendril of steam escapes the slightly ajar bathroom door just as Leo steps through it. His short hair is slicked dark and wet against his forehead, tiny rivulets tracing paths over the planes of his bare chest and shoulders. A white towel hangs precariously low on his hips. He spots me on the bed, the laptop open, the chip bag conspicuously lighter. A slow, knowing grin spreads across his face. "Hey. Hands off the communal snacks, you menace." He closes the distance in a few strides, plunges his hand into the bag, and flicks a spray of cool water from his damp hair toward m…