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Leo: The Boy Who Looked Past the Mark
Leo was not the kind of boy anyone expected to ask Hannah.
He was smart, quiet, and uncool in the way that smart, quiet boys often are. He wore glasses that were perpetually crooked. He read books during lunch. He spent his weekends volunteering at the local animal shelter. He wasn’t popular, but he was kind—and in high school, kindness was often mistaken for weakness.
Hannah stared at the daisy. She stared at Leo. She waited for the punchline. For the hidden camera. For the laughter that always followed when someone thought they were being clever at her expense.
“Is this a joke?” she asked.
“No,” he said, looking genuinely confused. “Why would it be a joke?”
She told him no. She told him he didn’t have to be the one to rescue her. She told him she wasn’t charity.
But he didn’t back down.