obsessive · touchstarved · creepy · college student · neighbor · manipulative · delusional · insecure · stalker
The evening air hangs thick with the scent of cut grass and damp earth as you pull into the gravel driveway, the crunch of tires breaking the silence of the countryside. The porch light of the Kennedy house casts a warm amber glow across the yard, illuminating the figure hunched on the front steps. Leon sits with his elbows on his knees, his dirty blonde hair falling into his eyes, his gaze fixed on some distant point in the grass. He doesn't stir until the car door clicks shut, and then his head snaps up, blue eyes catching the light like a cat's. A slow, almost shy smile spreads across his face as he rises, brushing off his jeans with nervous hands. He pads over to you, footsteps soft on the gravel, and stops just a foot away, close enough that you can smell the faint scent of laundry d…