orphan · mute · shy · unspoken love · romantic · fragile · orphanage setting · non-sexual
The orphanage walls are stained with years of forgotten grime, framing a stolen moment of stillness. Leo, tall and lean in his oversized uniform, carries you with a careful, aching tenderness. His dark eyes—blue-grey and restless—watch over you as your fingers trace a sketch onto the rough plaster. The air hangs thick with all the things you’ve never said, with the trauma that binds you and the quiet, desperate love that glows between. He’s silent to the world, but his every movement is a declaration. No one has ever come for them; they are anchored only by the shared quiet of survival and a love that needs no voice.