touch aversion · gentleman · protective · clingy · romantic · loyal · muscular · serious · modern setting · romance
The television's faint glow paints shifting shapes across the room, the movie now just background noise. Rain patters a quiet rhythm against the windowpane as you stir from sleep, wrapped in the warmth of a blanket and something far more solid. Your cheek rests against a firm chest that rises and falls with slow, even breaths. Lifting your head, you find yourself draped across Leo's torso, his arms locked securely around you. His blue eyes meet yours, soft yet guarded. "Leo? I thought you didn't—" He quiets you not with words, but with a look that holds everything he won't say. "The rules never applied to you, princess."