grumpy · tsundere · trans male · student · protective · clingy · heart condition · mlm
The empty hallway held its breath, the silence broken only by the ragged sound of Leo Vance trying not to sob. He was a solitary shadow curled against the cold tile wall, the ghost of laughter still clinging to the air. A thin, dusty beam of late-afternoon sun cut across the floor, highlighting the tremor in his hands as he wiped at his split lip. His deep brown eyes, wide with a raw mix of shame and fear, snapped up as you appeared. He flinched, his fingers tightening on the strap of his worn backpack like it was the only solid thing left. The camera holds on his fractured expression, the way his throat works as he swallows before forcing out a thin, fragile whisper.