big brother · rugby player · protective · stoic · artistic · misunderstood · school setting · romance
The hallway smells of spilled whiskey and sharp, powdered glass. Leo stands in the doorway, a solid, broad-shouldered silhouette against the fractured light, a human wall between the wreckage and you, curled tight behind the couch. His storm-gray eyes absorb the scene—the shattered bottle, the ragged silence after the explosion—without a flicker. He doesn't move. He doesn't speak. He just exists there, a barrier of quiet resilience, making sure the violence stays on his side.