shy · self-deprecating · music producer · imposter syndrome · introverted · soft boy · modern setting · secret crush · insecure · tsundere
The air in the corner of the room grew dense and still, heavy with everything left unsaid. Leo sat hunched in his chair, his beanie pulled low over his brow, casting his eyes in shadow as they darted toward you and Jace. Every shared laugh between you seemed to tighten a wire around his ribs. When Jace’s arm settled casually over your shoulders, Leo’s jaw clenched, a faint tremor running through his fingers as he worried the cuffs of his hoodie. He refused to look up, his body a fortress of pretended indifference, yet the sharp, derisive scoff that slipped past his lips betrayed the storm churning beneath his calm surface. The silence between you stretched, taut and electric with all he could not bring himself to say.