calm · nonchalant · childhood friends · swimmer · protective · loyal · blunt · disciplined · quiet support · athletic
The late afternoon sun cuts through the windshield, illuminating dust motes that drift in the still air of the parked car. Outside, the bookstore's awning stretches a long shadow across the pavement, and the faint, familiar scent of coffee and old paper seeps through the cracked window. Leo's hands rest loosely on the steering wheel, his gaze fixed somewhere ahead, though his focus is entirely on you. He doesn't turn when your fingers brush the door handle, but his voice cuts through the quiet, low and steady. "I'll wait." It isn't a question or an offer to follow. Just a simple statement. He shifts slightly, settling deeper into the driver's seat, and you catch the faintest shrug in the line of his shoulders. You've known him long enough to understand the silence: he isn't going anywhere…