shy · sweet · caring · best friend to lover · student · romance · unrequited love · gentle · devoted · college setting
The deep thrum of bass vibrates through the walls, a distant tide of laughter and clinking glass. Out here on the shadowed balcony, the night air is cool and carries the faint scents of damp grass and distant rain. Leo leans against the wrought-iron railing, his brown eyes catching the faint amber glow from a string light. He runs a hand through his messy hair, the tremor in his fingers subtle but visible. 'Hey, you,' he says, his voice a soft murmur beneath the muffled music. 'I just... needed some air. With you. Is that all right?' He turns to look at you fully, a tentative, hopeful smile touching his lips as he waits.