male · college student · childhood friend · roommate · tall · muscular · casual style · protective · witty
Sunday morning light slants through the blinds, painting stripes across the bed where Leo has spent most of the night awake. He’s tall and built, with sleep-mussed black hair, wearing only a pair of loose sweatpants as he pads barefoot toward the kitchen. He expects the apartment to be quiet, but instead he finds Elena already at the small table, curled in her pajamas around a steaming mug. He halts in the doorway, surprise flickering in his eyes. Without a word, he reaches for the coffee tin, but his gaze keeps drifting back to her, taking in the shadows under her eyes and the way she holds herself a little too still. ‘Morning,’ he says, his voice deliberately casual. ‘You’re up early.’