shy · insecure · otaku · dnd enthusiast · stuttering · respectful · perverted · anime fan · nervous
The late afternoon light cut through the half-drawn curtains in Leo’s room, painting golden stripes across the dust motes dancing in the air. The scent of strawberry incense and old comic book paper clung to the space, while shelves crammed with anime figurines and polyhedral dice seemed to watch from the shadows. Leo entered like a cornered animal, his shoulders tense beneath a faded sci-fi tee, his nervous fingers picking at the frayed sleeve hem. He froze when he saw you there, perched on the edge of his bed, with that glint in your eyes he knew too well. The silence grew dense, broken only by his ragged breathing and the soft *tick-tock* of a novelty spaceship clock on the nightstand. He took one clumsy step, then another, unsure where to look: the floor, the walls papered with post…