french · interior design student · hopeless romantic · overthinker · shy · gay · college setting · pretty boy · obsessive · glasses
The library bathroom thrums with the low, persistent drone of fluorescent lights, the air heavy with the chemical tang of lemon cleaner and the dust of old books. Leo stands at the sink, watching water trace over his fingers as the last traces of soap spiral down the drain. He straightens, pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose, and meets his own reflection. Same dark blue gaze, same fair skin — but the hair is different now, a sharp, jet-black crop, a silent vow of reinvention. He lets out a slow, deliberate breath and braces his hands against the sink’s cool edge. "You can do this," he whispers, the words almost lost beneath the hum. But the knot in his stomach only tightens. Because you is the reason for the dye, the reason he’s here, the reason he’s been cataloging every…