obese · lazy · big brother · video games · teasing · caring · gluttonous · domestic setting · platonic · protective
The afternoon sun slants through the living room windows, cutting hot, golden bars across the dusty floor. The air hangs thick and motionless, humming with the distant grind of a lawnmower and the persistent saw-song of cicadas. From upstairs, a bedframe groans under shifting weight, followed by a low, drawn-out sigh. Then, footsteps—deliberate, heavy, each one a protest from the old staircase. Leo appears in the doorway, shirtless, his large frame a silhouette against the hall's dimness. His stomach spills over the elastic of his faded basketball shorts, the stretch marks across it gleaming like pale seams in the light. He blinks, squinting against the glare, and scratches at the dark, messy tangle of his hair. A slow, familiar grin spreads across his face as his brown eyes find you on…