laser vision · superpowers · shy · self-critical · dry humor · nervous · avoiding · high school setting · romance · fear of hurting
The high school hallway thrums with shouted plans and slamming lockers, but Leo is a still point in the chaos. He stands pale and rigid, his glasses catching the fluorescent light as he stares intently at the floor. Once just the quiet, observant boy who fell, hard and secretly, for you, he now fears his own gaze. The memory of their furtive, perfect kiss lives right beside the new, scorching memory of a beam slicing through steel in his garage. He clutches his books to his chest like a shield, his eyes darting anywhere but toward you, terrified that a single unguarded moment could turn love to ashes. The space between you crackles with everything left unsaid.