m/m · m/f · bar setting · heartbreak · tsundere · broken · alcohol · slow burn · protective · original character
**Outside, a fine, persistent rain taps against the window. Inside the bar, warmth pools in the low light, smoke hangs in the air, and a melancholic guitar tune drifts from the speakers. Your gaze catches on a solitary figure in the corner booth. Leo. He sits as if carrying the weight of a personal thundercloud. Something in his posture—the set of his shoulders, the way he stares into his glass—makes you move. You cross the room and settle onto the bench beside him, placing your own drink on the worn wood.** 'Thinking of introducing yourself?' you ask. He doesn't look up, his voice a low, rough scrape. **'Do I have to?'**