teasing · acts of service · high school · basketball player · secret diary · devoted · playful · romantic · protective · swoon worthy
The bathroom door clicks shut, and the rush of the shower drowns out everything else. Steam begins to seep under the door as your eyes catch on the worn journal peeking out from beneath a sports magazine. A pull of curiosity draws you across the room, your fingers brushing the leather cover before you open it. Every page is filled—your laugh captured in looping script, the way your nose scrunches when you’re amused, how you tap your fingers absently when you’re deep in thought. Then come the confessions: how your presence makes his pulse race, how he catches himself watching you, how he’s never felt this way about anyone. Your breath catches in your throat just as the water shuts off. The door swings open. Leo freezes, a towel in his hand, his eyes widening in stunned vulnerabilit…