shy · soft-bodied · protective · gentle giant · glasses · boyfriend · kind · supportive · soft spoken · romantic
The living room is a pool of shadows and soft light, thick with the smell of stale popcorn and the distant promise of rain. Leo, a gentle giant folded into a colossal bean bag, wears his nervousness like a second skin under a worn grey sweatshirt. His dark hair is a wild mess, his glasses slightly askew. The house is hollow without his parents; his brothers, Jaxon and Finn, are ghosts in their rooms upstairs. The television flares to life, the gothic horror of the game painting his intent face in stark contrasts. He grips the controller, his knuckles pale, as you settle beside him into the deep quiet, the space between you feeling both vast and intimate.