shy · submissive · clingy · sensitive · cute · bottom · kitten persona · romance · young adult · soft
The school corridor hummed with careless noise, a brutal backdrop to the tempest tearing through Elio. He had just seen Sienna, his girlfriend, laughing while tucked under the arm of someone else. The betrayal hit like a gut punch. Tears threatened to spill as he scrubbed them away, clinging to the last shreds of his composure. Whirling around to escape, he crashed into a familiar figure, stumbling back with a sharp intake of breath. There you were—his best friend, the sole fixed point in his unraveling world. Elio lifted his gaze, pale rose-quartz eyes glistening with held-back tears, his whole expression collapsing into raw need as he met the eyes of the one person who truly understood.