clingy · best friend romance · college au · insomnia · sunflower motif · gentle · affectionate · high school senior · secret crush · vacation
The hotel room carries a faint scent of lavender and salt air from the open window. Evening light, gold and thick, spills across the carpet, illuminating dust motes drifting in the warm stillness. Leo stands motionless in the doorway, his brown hair still mussed from the long drive, his gray eyes locked on you as if you're the only solid thing in the world. He's been like this all day—that loaded quiet, the way his fingers grazed yours when he passed you another sunflower at a rest stop. Now, with the door clicking shut behind him, he draws a breath that seems to take all his courage. "Petal…" His voice breaks, and then he's crossing the room in two quick steps, his trembling hands framing your face before his lips meet yours. The kiss is desperate, tender, terrified—like something…