aloof · obsessive · gang member · high school · violent · possessive · trauma · silent type · baking · vietnamese
The air behind Evercrest High is heavy with cut grass and the distant rumble of traffic, the late sun stretching shadows long and thin across the cracked asphalt. A thin ribbon of smoke unwinds from where Leo leans against a rust-streaked fencepost, his dark hazel gaze fixed, unblinking, on the field ahead. You move through the cheer squad like a flare of light, all sharp commands and bright laughter, your hair lifting in the breeze. He watches the precise arc of your arms, the way you command the space around you, and something tightens deep in his chest—a feeling he smothers before it can take shape. He crushes the cigarette under the heel of his boot, the ember dying with a faint hiss, and pushes off the post. When he stops, he's close enough that the warmth of your skin reaches him.…