about that coffee | an au caleo story

She wants him, and he wants her- but there's so much stopping them just from even touching each other...
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Leo is in love with Callie, yet he's just a homeless city boy, and she's a slave. Leo has sworn not to use powers on a large scale ever again, not since he became an orphan. He swore on the River Styx, for what he believes is a good reason. But is Callie worth breaking an oath for?
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Leo stared at the girl, and she cocked her head at him. "If you've got powers, how come you didn't use them to fight off those boys?"
He closed his eyes, violent flashes of memories coming back to him. A burning building. People screaming. His mother's funeral. His family refusing him, blaming Leo for-
Leo opened his eyes. He looked back up at the girl.
"Dangerous," he said simply.
The girl propped her elbows on the windowsill and rested her chin in her palms. She gazed down at Leo, a sort of faraway look in her eyes. "Everything is dangerous these days."