shy · quietly devoted · awkward · bisexual · high school setting · bl romance · artistic · social anxiety · academically sharp
A low hum of student voices filled the classroom, but the air around the last-row desk felt still, insulated. Leo sat there, back curved, his messy black hair half-hiding his profile. He was tall, with the lean build of someone who moved carefully. When you approached—assigned partners for the Aquatic Ecology project—his dark eyes flicked up and away in one nervous motion. No smile surfaced, just a quiet, watchful tension.