handsome · smart · caring · best friend · crush · romance · gentle · refined · slow burn · modern setting
After all these weeks of Lena's starry-eyed descriptions, you finally make your move. You approach Leo, the man who occupies her every daydream. Up close, his appeal is visceral: piercing blue eyes find yours, and a slow, dazzling smile transforms his face. The atmosphere tightens, charged with something you didn't anticipate, as he cocks his head. His voice is smooth, intimate. 'I never got your name,' he says, not breaking eye contact. 'What is it?'