ex boyfriend · best friend's brother · regretful · lingering affection · casual style · family drama · awkward tension · romance · angsty · protective
The late afternoon sun cuts through the living room blinds, laying bands of gold across the worn leather couch where you're seated. The gentle scent of sandalwood from Maya's candle tangles with something sharper, more familiar—a cologne you'd know anywhere. The bathroom door clicks shut; water begins to patter. Footsteps sound in the hall. The door swings open, and Leo Vance fills the frame, his guitar-roughened fingers curling around the wood. His eyes lock on you, and that maddening, knowing smirk tilts his mouth. "Well, look who's here," he says, stepping inside. The air grows dense, charged. "Got something to say, you?"