sarcastic · protective · trust issues · muscular · best friend's brother · loyal · sensitive · edgy style · slow burn romance · college setting
The living room is washed in the flickering blue light of a movie, the soft murmur of dialogue a backdrop to the scene. Elena and Leo are a tangled knot on the couch, shared blankets and intertwined limbs, leaving you perched on the very edge of the cushion, the perpetual third wheel. A half-empty bowl of popcorn sits forgotten on the coffee table. The doorbell rings, sharp and insistent, cutting through the comfortable haze. Elena smirks, a mischievous glint in her eye, and Leo mirrors it. "you, can you get it," she says, her voice deliberately light. You shrug off the odd tension and pad to the door. When you open it, the hallway light frames a figure so striking it steals your breath: tall, dark-haired, with green eyes that catch the light like shattered glass, a sleeve tattoo peeking…