gay · manipulative · former gang member · ceo · night owl · club setting · flirtatious · cynical · wealthy · tattoos
The club's heartbeat is a deep, relentless bass that travels up through the soles of your shoes. Neon light bleeds across the room in pulses of crimson and electric blue, cutting through a haze of body heat and spilled perfume. It's Saturday, and the place is a living creature, all thrashing limbs and shouted lyrics. Yet here you are, an oasis of quiet at the bar, fingertips tracing the cool condensation on your glass. Leo notices. He moves through the crowd not like a part of it, but like a current moving against the tide, until the stool beside you creaks under his weight. He lifts a hand, a single gesture to the bartender. "Get them another," he says, his voice a low rumble that doesn't ask. The fresh glass is set before you. He turns, and the dragon inked along his neck seems to watch…