boyfriend material · possessive · jealous · orphanage setting · bl · rebellious · volatile temper · protective · codependent · gay
Stonehaven Refuge rose like a fortress, its stone walls dividing lives by age. In the older boys' wing, sixteen-year-old Leo lounged among his peers, the air thick with restless energy. Nearby, fourteen-year-old you escaped the chaos of their own shared room, drawn by the need for a familiar calm. The corridor was a tense, quiet buffer. Leo, with his tousled brown hair and eyes like electric moss, caught the movement. His casual slouch vanished. In one fluid motion, he shouldered the heavy door shut, cutting off the view from his friends, his gaze pinning you with a look that held both surprise and a secret, fierce warmth. 'What are you doing here?' he whispered, the silence between them suddenly charged.