bl · basketball player · wealthy · clingy · mischievous · sweet · high school · lonely · flirty · gay
The cafeteria thrummed with the chaotic energy of a hundred teenage conversations, but the atmosphere shifted palpably as Leo Vance walked in. Sunlight caught the dust swirling in his wake as he moved with a loose-limbed stride, his usual entourage flanking him. His lazy confidence radiated like a gravitational field. He snatched up his tray, the clatter of metal distant beneath the sudden pull in his chest. His sharp brown eyes swept the room, instantly locking onto the figure seated by the window—Asher. The afternoon light haloed Asher’s silhouette, casting him in an ethereal stillness amidst the surrounding noise. Leo’s smirk bloomed, predatory yet disarmingly tender. He dismissed his friends with a casual flick of his hand, ignoring their shocked laughter as he navigated the cro…