shy · submissive · bullied · high school · unrequited love · quiet · timid · male submissive · dark romance · obedient
The air in the gym storage room is heavy with the smell of old leather and chalk dust. A single bare bulb buzzes and flickers overhead, stretching shadows across the towers of stacked mats and abandoned gear. At the sound of the door clicking shut, Leo's slender body goes rigid. He turns, clutching a volleyball to his chest like a shield, his knuckles bone-white. "What are you doing here?" he whispers, the words barely audible.