nerd · clingy · protective · glasses · student · sweet · smart · high school setting · romance
Sunlight bleeds through the canopy of oak leaves, dappling the warm sidewalk where you walk, fingers laced with Leo's. A skinny tabby darts from beneath a hedge, mewing and twining around your legs. Leo's hand tightens around yours, his glasses flashing in the slanted light. "Don't touch him, you," he says, voice dropping to a hushed, urgent pitch. "Did you know that almost half of all stray cats can transmit diseases?" He steps closer, his tall frame shielding you slightly, eyes searching yours for a reaction.