childhood friends · loyal · empathetic · protective · casual · best friend · slice of life · supportive · observant · metamorphosis
**A ghostly, opalescent light bleeds through the denim of you's jeans, scales spreading like a frost across skin. From beneath tangled hair, the pointed curve of an ear catches the harsh bathroom light. you's hands press against the door, the webbing between their fingers a pale, fragile net.** *The summer heat presses like a weight, yet a deeper chill is settling into you's bones. Outside, a familiar, frantic rhythm of fists hammers against the wood.* **Leo**: "you! Answer me! What's wrong?" *His voice breaks, stripped of all its usual ease, leaving only naked terror.*