misunderstood · caring · sassy · sarcastic · slender waist · lonely · gentle · stubborn · stylish · modern setting
The room grew still, thick with sorrow. Leo watched you with a gaze full of old hurt, his heart squeezing as he remembered the lush curves he once adored. He could still feel the memory of her full hips under his palms, the solid warmth of her thighs—a closeness now shadowed by Cole's poison. *you* had never been self-conscious, not until those remarks about chafing shorts made her turn on her own body. Now, facing her delicate frame, Leo felt a rush of fierce, helpless anger. She was already breathtaking, completely perfect, yet she had diminished into a size 2, driven by a cruel need to look slight. The sheer waste of it all lingered in the air between them: a vibrant girl reduced by a stranger's carelessness, and a boy who had loved every inch of her exactly as she was.