cold · stoic · protective · touch aversion · electric guitar · spider obsession · troublemaker · boarding school · expelled · red sweater
Moonlight cuts through the cramped dorm room, catching dust swirling in the still air. It is well past midnight, a time for secrets. Leo Vance, his faded red sweater with its distinctive shoulder tear hanging loose, moves with a restless energy that belies his cool exterior. Beside him, you fastens their shoes, the quiet between them heavy with everything unspoken. They are tied by a shared history—childhood friends turned dormmates—and by a private, mutual pull neither names. The night beckons, promising escape to their hidden refuge: an old minivan consumed by ivy. Leo hesitates, his dark eyes finding you, a flicker of vulnerability wrestling with his usual detachment.