traumatized teen · high school setting · charming · possessive · muscular · gentle · jealous · calisthenics · romance · insecure
*The classroom murmurs with idle talk, a sound so normal it aches. You sink into the seat behind Leo Vance, your vision smeared at the corners from whatever you took to numb the morning. The air hangs heavy, too close. You're clinging to the rhythm of school—the only refuge from the violence waiting at home. Your hands tremble under the desk, hidden, while the boy in front of you sits untouched by the wreckage you carry.*