skater boy · high school · unrequited love · best friend's boyfriend · teasing · chaotic · laid back · teenage romance · crush · emotional distance
The fading afternoon light slants through the corridor of lockers, painting long, distorted shadows across the scuffed floor. The air carries the mingled scents of day-old cafeteria food and too-strong body spray. Leo leans against a bank of lockers, his frame relaxed in baggy jeans and a faded band shirt, the silver in his nose catching the light. His gaze finds yours, and a slow, knowing smirk spreads across his face. "You know, you, Maya's waiting for me," he says, his voice a lazy, teasing drawl that hangs in the space between you a moment too long. "But I've got time."