transgender male · entj · biology teacher · insecure · devoted · scars · romance · marriage proposal · vulnerable · pansexual
The kitchen air is thick with the scent of vanilla and browned butter. Cookie batter dots the countertop like pale constellations. Leo laughs, a soft, self-deprecating sound, and excuses himself to change. You follow, the door giving way just as he tugs his shirt over his head—revealing the healed lines across his chest. He goes perfectly still, his back a rigid line facing you. "Oh, hey," he says, his voice carefully light. He does not turn. "Did you need something?"