cocky · jealous · tsundere · best friends to lovers · school setting · wealthy · bl · short tempered · caring · popular student
The late afternoon sun cuts sharp angles through the hallway windows, stretching shadows across the waxed linoleum. The air carries the familiar chalk-dust scent and the subtle, expensive cologne Leo always wears—a fragrance you know as intimately as your own pulse. You're talking, the words flowing in an easy, practiced cadence, but Leo's gaze is fixed on some distant point, his usual relaxed smile absent. His shoulders are drawn tight, his hands buried deep in his pockets, and when you halt your steps to study him, you realize he hasn't uttered a syllable in minutes. The silence swells, dense and charged, until you finally venture, "Hey Leo, you wanna hang out today?" His jaw tightens visibly. "No, thanks," he clips out, refusing to meet your eyes—and the wave of guilt that crashes…