#ro:leo

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You and Leo had a day off and decided to travel to this town that had the best ever fried sugar balls. It was a sweet dough that was fried and then rolled in sugar and it was amazing. The two of you were so excited that you didn't care it took half a day by horse to get there.

"There it is!" Leo yells as he jump bumps himself into your shoulder.

"That's the famous sugar cart!!" He's completely elated. You've never seen his eyes light up like this before, you've forgotten about the balls and find yourself smiling purely from his excitement. "Come on!" He grabs your hand and pulls you forward towards the cart. The two of you weave your way through the crowd until the cart is almost within reach...

But you abruptly run into Leo's back. He's stopped moving.

"What's wrong?" You say from your position behind him. When he doesn't say anything you look around him and see nothing, until you look down and see five kids standing in front of you with eyes wider than apples. They're pushing and shoving each other and laughing so loudly. It's kind of obnoxious.

"Fuck" Leo grumbles "big babies better not take all the sugar balls." He crosses his arms and turns to you, pouting. You shake your head and smile with as much sympathy as you can.

"I'm sure it'll be okay. How much sugar could five kids... possibly... eat?" As the words fall out of your mouth the full ramifications of those five jelly bags hit you. No way you're going to get any sugar balls. You look down to the ground in defeat.

You and Leo quietly shuffle your way up to the cart. Time moves in slow motion. You watch Leo as he peers over the cart, he turns and his eyes meet yours. A small solemn shake of the head is given as he silently communicates that they are all out of sugar balls. You see him briefly close his eyes as he turns and walks away, slowly and sadly. You walk with him to a nearby tree and he plops himself down.

"It's fine, I'll just-" he pulls out a folded map and sighs, "-I'll just find us a different treat. Maybe some, ugh, candied apples or something..." You lose his interest as he buries himself in the map. After staring at him for a moment, you turn on your heel and walk back towards the crowd.

You're searching, searching , searching. Boom. There they are.

The five kids from before and holy shit, they each have two bags of sugar balls. That's too much. Good thing you're here to fix that. But how? They're all clumped together. Why do they do that? You need to isolate one of them... there- perfect.

"Hey, kid!" You nod to one of them and feel the energy at your finger tips crackle, "you wanna see a magic trick?"

Ten minutes later, after some fancy shits and tricks, you triumphantly hold a bag of sugar balls and head back towards the tree where Leo is sitting; promptly ignoring the protests of the kid, which to be honest, you kind of just grabbed their bag and ran.

"Hey" you say while holding the bag behind your back.

"Hey..." he looks at you over the map and then his eyes look past you, "why is that kid glaring at you?"

"Don't worry about it, get up" you hold a hand out to him. He eyes you cautiously but takes your hand as you lead him behind the tree, away from the kid.

You smile at him for a few seconds before he returns an equally weird smile as you, furrowing his eyebrows, "what's with the weird face?"

"Here!" You hold out the bag of sugar balls.

He opens them as you hold them and when he sees what they are? The way he looks back at you is indescribable.

"No way! How? What? Wait... the kid? You didn't!" you laugh to confirm as he rambles on "you did! Oh gods, that's amazing, that's so great, I love you." He reaches around and pulls you into a warm hug.

Jace: Will not miss a beat and makes a flirty comment right back, placing one hand on the MC's hip. Using the other he leans up a little bit to narrow the gap between the two. Looking at the MC's lips he gets a breath closer... before suddenly pushing them off of him, one hand still on their hip and the other swinging around to balance their back. He carefully pulls the MC up to a standing position before putting a respectful distance between the two of them with a playful smile.

Leo: His eyes flicker between both of the MC's before completely registering what they said. A smile grows on his face at the realization that it was flirty before slowly sliding his hands from their thighs to their hips, without breaking eye contact. A silent challenge. Would then proceed to make casual conversation in that position until the MC breaks and moves to get off. Leo would never make the first move to push them off, but will tone down his flirting if the MC feels too awkward.

Laurel: Takes a second to register what the MC just said. When she realizes it was some sort of pick up line she scoffs and asks them if that was really their best. She will dryly tease them and say there are better ways to try and get her attention. Then she realizes they are still on top of her and will push them off ungracefully. Hops to her feet, looks down at the MC and just rolls her eyes. When she walks away she subconsciously puts more swing into her hips in the hopes that MC is watching.

Mickie: Starts to make a flirty comment to the MC at the same time the MC tries to make a flirty comment to them. Starts laughing because of it and tries to make another cheesy comment about the two of them being on the same wave length. Will then make it into a competition with the MC, who can come up with the best 'falling for you' pick up line. Mickie will not stop smiling the entire time, probably not even noticing that the MC was still on top of them. They just love talking to them.

Jace:

Mickie and Laurel fall asleep against him all the time, so he's very used to being a human pillow. But with MC it's different. He hasn't felt his heart do this little pitter patter in a very long time. Honestly, he didn't think that it could happen again. But here he is. A grown man smiling like a little boy. He will enjoy this moment while he can, before he starts overthinking, before he starts questioning if he even deserves to feel this kind of happiness. Yes, just focus on the warm light feeling growing in his chest, before it twists and snaps into something more cold and heavy.

Laurel:

Laurel was just minding her own business before MC decided to violate her personal space and sit in the chair next to hers. Does their Homeworld not have that rule that you don't sit next to someone if there are other seats available? Ridiculous. Wait... what's happening. Fuck, come on, the MC just placed their head on her shoulder. This is so inconvenient. Idiot, who falls asleep in the middle of a meeting. Why would they trust Laurel to fall asleep on, don't they know sleep is one of the most vulnerable states to be in? They're so annoying... with their stupid eyes and pretty eyelashes... and their stupid face that for some dumb reason Laurel can't look away from...

Mickie:

Wow this is one of, if not the most, boring lectures of all time. We get it, Lane, human body not compatible with old serums. Do not inject... blah blah blah... Oh, what's this? Okay, okay, it's happening. MC is falling asleep on Mickie's shoulder. Okay, don't fuck this up. Just be cool. Mickie doesn't think they've ever been so aware of every single part of their body before. They swear they can feel their finger nails growing. Now their head itches. Nope. Don't move. Now they feel like they have to sneeze. Come on. Stop. Why is their armpit twitching, it's never done that before, why now?! No, please don't wake up, don't wake up- "Hey MC! Yeah, you fell asleep a little bit but... I really don't mind" Mickie gives them the best smile they can muster while rubbing the back of their head.

Lane:

Lane's reaction really depends on when in his crushing stage this happens. Even if he has a crush, at the beginning he would feel uncomfortable and would slide away as the MC accidentally slid towards him. Even if it ended up with him on the armrest or completely turning his body away. He would probably slide a pillow between them or try to wake them up.

Further down, once he feels more comfortable: Lane's eyes widen and his body tenses when the MC's head comes in contact with his shoulder. He feels his hands grow a little clammy. They had been pouring through his research all night. Did they not find this subject ever tantalizing like he did? To each their own... His eyes drift over and he smiles down at his notes. He never thought anybody would go out of their way to get to know him like the MC did. He's always had difficulties ingratiating himself with others. And he usually hates unnecessary touching, but when it's the MC? The person he's been able to share secret jokes with? The person who he felt safe showing his art to? Yeah... his shoulders relax as his smile grows wider, he doesn't mind this at all.

Leo:

Jace, 30-32 yrs old, 6' 1":

Huge music person, listening and playing.

Loves to dance with his partner, will hum a tune if music isn't already playing.

Hums and sings quietly to himself if no one is present.

Easily amused, it's really easy to make him laugh.

Laurel, 28-30 yrs old, 5' 8":

Loves math and puzzle games.

Will double check everyone's finances.

Has every type of (knockoff) Rubik's cube.

No, Mickie, you cannot borrow one. Not after dropping her 7x7 and losing a bunch of pieces.

Secretly keeps track of everybody's favorite things. She goes out of her way to obtain said thing and secretly deliver to person. If found out and asked "how did you know?!" she will glare and ask "are you stupid?"

Mickie, 24-26 yrs old, Michelle- 5' 6", Michael/Mika- 5' 8":

Demands absolute silence when carrying containers of liquids. Will inevitably spill some anyways.

Always trying new recipes in the kitchen, but always insists that they don't need to follow the instructions.

Has a weirdly good sense of smell.

Very touchy, loves giving surprise high fives, hugs or kisses.

Lane, 26-28 yrs old, 5' 11" (6' 0" if you count his hair):

Very particular about his hair.

Has a large collection of hats that he never wears.

Loves painting and drawing. Absolutely will sketch the person he's interested in.

Contrary to his shy personality, he's secretly the best at roasting people.

Leo, (a year older than the MC) so somewhere between 24-30 yrs old, 6' 0":

Hates anything bitter or sour. Carries a secret pouch of sugar with him just in case. One could say he has a giant sweet tooth.

Can be very charming/persuasive when he wants, but thinks everyone around him is an actual idiot (except MC).

Very very tone deaf.