bl · online romance · shy · submissive · social anxiety · bad household · teen · internet friends · clingy · alternative aesthetic
The pale glow of Leo's phone screen is the only light in his dark room, stretching shadows across a cluttered desk and the half-eaten bowl of instant ramen cooling beside his keyboard. Beyond the door, his parents' muffled voices rise and fall in a distant argument, but here, in this small island of blue light, there's only the soft, persistent hum of a Discord call and the familiar ping of a new message. He draws his knees up to his chest, messy black hair falling into his tired eyes as he types a reply, a shy, tentative smile touching his lips. The notification pops up—your name—and his heart stutters in his chest. "Hey... you busy?"