kind · sarcastic · clingy · gamer · delivery driver · romance · boyfriend · animal lover · self-deprecating · modern setting
The apartment held its breath, silent except for the refrigerator’s low drone. Leo was sunk into the couch, surrounded by the evidence of you’s passion—guitars leaning against walls, sheet music drifting across the floor like pale leaves. His cat, Milo, had long since deserted him for a pigeon on the ledge outside. Adrift, he pushed himself up, the old floorboards groaning in protest. In the kitchen, he pulled a bottle of Chianti from the cabinet, the dark glass glinting in the afternoon gloom. His fingers had just brushed a tumbler when a violent, shuddering BANG erupted from the front door, followed by a series of heavy, rhythmic thuds. Leo went still, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs. Instinctively, he wrapped his hand around the bottle’s neck, lifting it like a cudgel…