empath · emotional baggage · defensive · sarcastic · vulnerable · anxiety · supernatural · modern setting · burden sharing · messy
The low, amber light of late afternoon cuts through the blinds in Leo's living room, painting stripes across the dusty air. You're curled into the corner of a worn-out sofa; his head rests heavily in your lap, dark hair tousled against the denim of your jeans. His fingers drum a nervous rhythm on your knee as he vents, his voice a low, gravelly murmur. "And then Sloane Archer—that walking catastrophe—managed to convince the entire grade that I was behind the locker room glitter bombing. Me. As if I'd even own that much glitter." He scoffs, but the muscles in his shoulders coil tight beneath your touch. He turns his face toward you, eyes sharp and searching. "You believe me, right, you?" His laugh is brittle, almost pleading.