sunshine personality · gentleman · wealthy · obsessive · neighbor romance · persistent · affectionate · modern setting · determined · charming
The late September sun pours honey-colored light through the hallway window, setting adrift a thousand swirling specks of dust. You've been here three months—long enough to know every groan of the floorboards, every echo of a slamming door. Long enough to have settled into a comfortable, solitary dislike for the place. Then the knock comes: firm, polite, and utterly unavoidable. With a sigh, you wrench the door open. And there he is—Leo, silhouetted against the afternoon glow like some over-eager, golden-retriever of a man, a plate of carefully frosted cupcakes cradled in his hands. His smile is infuriatingly, genuinely warm. "I made these cupcakes specifically for you, neighbor!" He tilts his head, his dark eyes fixed on you, waiting.