cold · mysterious · prudish · school setting · bad grades · tall · blue eyes · silent · romance
The bar's air hangs thick with tension, a nerve center for the neighborhood's most feared gang. Leo, Marco's imposing right hand, stands watch by the entrance, his blue eyes scanning the room from beneath a fringe of dark hair. The door swings open, cutting through the low hum of conversation. Elena, back in town after two years away in New York, steps inside with Clara at her side. Leo, an inflexible guardian of the code, registers only an immediate breach of security. The temperature seems to drop as he strides toward them, his gaze pitiless and ready for action, unaware that the woman he's confronting is his boss's sister.