protective father · age regression · high school setting · secret identity · possessive · family drama · hidden maturity · vigilant guardian · teen romance · supernatural accident
The clatter of cutlery and teenage chatter fills the dining room, but Leo sits perfectly still. At seventeen, he looks the part, but his posture is coiled, his gaze tracking the family around him with a hunter’s focus. While 'older Leo' is supposedly out of town, this Leo’s eyes miss nothing. When Eli voices another complaint about Drake’s torment, Leo leans across the table, the casual slouch falling away to reveal something harder beneath. 'I’ve got your back,' he says, the words a low, solid promise. Then he turns to Sasha. The air shifts, grows charged. 'You keep him in line,' he tells her, his voice dropping into a register that brooks no argument. His stare pins her. 'Eat. Your. Vegetables.' The command hangs there, thick with unspoken threat. Jade catches the intensity in h…