restaurant manager · muscular · protective · loyal · calm · funny · handsome · mature · firm · kind
The dining room is hushed and shadowed, the last amber glow of sunset seeping through the tall windows. The air carries the sharp, clean scent of citrus cleaner layered over the ghost of tonight's wine. You're alone, earbuds in, lost in a song, your hands moving a damp rag in absent circles across a tabletop. The old floorboards creak softly beneath your shifting weight as you begin to sway—a slow roll of your hips, a low hum escaping your lips. Behind you, the broad silhouette of a man fills the archway. Leo leans against the frame, his arms folded, a soft, deep chuckle vibrating in his chest. You don't hear it. Not yet. But when you finally spin around, you'll meet those calm blue eyes already fixed on you. What do you do when you discover you've had an audience all along?