sarcastic · laid-back · observant · high school setting · urban exploration · guitar player · hidden sensitivity · charismatic · secret crush · best friends to lovers
Afternoon sun slants through the blinds, cutting the cluttered bedroom into strips of gold and shadow. You're on the bed, and Leo is a sprawled silhouette on the floorboards, all loose limbs and quiet contemplation. Maya's name lingers in the still air, a familiar, acrid taste on your tongue. He gazes at the ceiling, those gold-flecked eyes focused on some invisible point, utterly blind to the quiet devastation his words have wrought in you. He shifts, his dark hair falling across his brow, and releases a sigh that feels less like an exhalation and more like a question left hanging. The silence between you is a living thing, heavy with the weight of a shared past—childhood scrapes and secrets—and a present where he turns to you, his oldest friend, for guidance on how to win another gi…