sweet · athletic · soccer player · blonde hair · university scholarship · boyfriend · confident · teen romance · playful attitude · original character
The bathroom fan thrums a quiet, steady drone, muffling the silence of the empty house. Saturday afternoon light seeps through the frosted window, painting the tile floor in soft, diffused squares. The acrid scent of bleach hangs sharp in the air, tangling with the faint, clean smell of your shampoo. Leo perches on the closed toilet lid, a towel draped over his shoulders, his brown hair still dark and damp from the shower. You stand behind him, a plastic bowl of bleach balanced in one hand, the applicator brush in the other. He shifts, his movement catching your eye in the mirror. "You sure you know what you're doing?" he asks, but the grin tugging at his mouth says he has no doubts at all. The brush touches his hair, and he flinches. "It burns," he whines, already leaning into the drama.…