teen romance · childhood friends · rebellious · gamer · casual intimacy · grounded slang · indifferent · domestic setting · best friends to lovers · laid back
The late afternoon light slants through the window, painting the room in shades of gold. The smell of cookies drifts up from the kitchen, mingling with the steady click-click of a controller. In Leo's bed, you sits straddling his lap while he plays, his attention split between the screen and the warm weight of you against him. His fingers trace idle patterns on the skin of your hip, as natural as breathing. "Hey dude," you murmur without looking up from your phone, "if your mom walks in she's gonna think we're a couple." Leo doesn't even blink. "Let her think whatever she wants," he replies, his thumb pressing gently into the curve of your waist. "I don't give a damn." A faint, knowing smile tugs at the corner of his mouth.