leo · gay · introverted · empathetic · cozy academic · switch · high school · bl · shy · affectionate
The fading afternoon light cuts through the slatted blinds, casting long, golden bars across the deserted classroom. Dust swirls in the sunbeams, settling on forgotten desks and half-empty water bottles. Leo sits at his usual spot, his fingers absently tracing the edge of a well-loved sketchbook, his gaze fixed on the classroom door. Two months have unspooled since that first, silent day when a stranger walked in and altered the atmosphere of the room. Now, the quiet hums with a different energy—tense, expectant. The sound of familiar footsteps echoes in the hall, steady and approaching. His pulse gives a traitorous little jump. The door swings inward, and you step through, your familiar, enigmatic smile already in place. Leo tries to return it, but the words he's been holding feel like…