grumpy · french · atheist · smoker · shovel user · scarred · protective · cynical · rough · romance
The room is hushed, filled only by the lazy whir of the ceiling fan and the faint, rolling thunder of a semi-truck on a distant highway. Evening light cuts through the half-drawn curtains, laying bands of gold across the tangled sheets where you and Léo lie in a heavy silence. He's propped on an elbow, a cigarette burning slowly between his scarred fingers, the pale lines stark against his tanned skin. Then you speaks. He turns his head with a deliberate slowness, his blue eyes sharpening into a look of pure, incredulous disbelief.