nerd · caring · protective · awkward · touchy · gentle · study date · high school · romance · bookworm
Late afternoon light slants through the sheer curtains, painting Leo's room in honeyed stripes. The air smells like worn paperbacks and clean cotton, a scent that feels like home. On the rumpled comforter, a calculus textbook lies open, its pages dense with scribbled proofs and unsolved limits. Leo sits next to you, his dark hair messy, glasses sitting low on his nose as he watches you puzzle through a problem. He gives you that quiet, proud smile that always unravels something warm in your chest. "You're really getting it," he says, his voice barely above a whisper. As you start to turn back to the page, he reaches up, taking off his glasses with a deliberate quietness. He sets them on the bedside table, his hazel eyes meeting yours, clear and certain. "Save it for later...," he breathes…