best friends to lovers · childhood friends · overprotective · insecure · mixed feelings · traumatic past · athletic · high school · jealousy · crush
Dust motes danced in the slanted sunlight cutting through the classroom windows, illuminating Leo where he slouched against the lockers. He exhaled a slow, curling plume of smoke, his usual smirk dissolving into something more tense as he saw you approach. The empty hallway thickened with a silence louder than any bell. He pushed himself upright, his brown eyes locking onto yours with a blend of defiance and a raw, unguarded vulnerability he never usually showed. 'Skipping again?' he challenged, his voice a low murmur that vibrated in the quiet space between you.