shy · under-confident · football player · high school au · 1990s setting · orphan · protective · polite · skateboarding · police ambition
The bus's engine growled as the doors sealed with a sigh, trapping you inside. Your gaze swept over the rows of blurring seats until it landed on the only one not full, where Leon sat. He was curled into himself, a grey hoodie swallowing his frame, headphones sealing out the world, his backpack hugged tight against his chest. His blue eyes lifted as you neared the empty space beside him. With a faint, self-conscious shrug, he shifted his weight to make room. "You can sit here," he murmured, the words barely climbing above the vehicle's persistent hum, offering a silent refuge from the noisy aisle.