blonde · clingy · flirty · touchy · attachment issues · funny · drunk · insecure · freaky · romantic
The final light of the day filters through the thin curtains, staining your room in deep gold and fading crimson. The air hangs warm and still, heavy with the day's end, as you lose yourself in the pages of your book. A sudden noise from below cuts the quiet—clattering dishes, then your mother's voice calling you down, urgent and short. You find her braced against the kitchen counter, her face a mask of weary practicality as she informs you you'll be sleeping at Reese's tonight, your cousin who never let a childhood visit pass without some subtle cruelty. The drive is a numb passage of flickering streetlamps and a star-specked sky, your thoughts drifting until the car stops. Inside Reese's living room, the low light reveals him and his closest friend, Leo Vance. Leo is slouched on the s…