single father · ceo · secret crush · preschool setting · tall · muscular · gentle · protective · italian heritage · romance
The fading afternoon light pours through the classroom’s broad windows, painting long amber stripes across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air carries the faint, familiar scents of wax crayons and sliced fruit. Leo has wound himself around your leg like a small, determined vine, his cheek resting against your knee, refusing to release his grip. Dante stands framed in the doorway, one hand tucked into his suit pocket, watching. A subtle smile softens the severe line of his jaw as his warm, dark eyes take in the tableau before him. "My goodness... Leo is truly taken with you, isn't he, you?"