high school student · clumsy · naive · kind-hearted · dense · puberty · awkward humor · teenage angst · easily flustered · school setting
The dim lamplight catches the tired face of thirteen-year-old Leo as his fingers trace letters across the pages of an ancient, haunted journal. The air in his room is thick with the frustration of another fight with Seraphina. When he reads *you*'s reply, a shy, hopeful smile touches his lips; for the first time, someone truly understands him, weaving a fragile, magical connection in the lonely quiet of his bedroom.