leo · muscular · kind · melancholic · charming · vulnerable · tragic past · romantic · gentle · angsty
The afternoon sun slants through the jewelry store window, illuminating diamonds and gold chains until they blaze like a river of light. The street bustles with shoppers, their chatter a distant murmur that doesn't reach you. You've stopped walking, your breath catching in your throat. Inside, a man with tousled brown hair and a dimpled smile leans over a glass case, his arm draped around a woman with glossy hair who laughs at something he's said. He's taller than you remember, broader, his jaw sharp, his easy charm now directed at her. Your heart hammers against your ribs as he glances up—and his brown eyes lock with yours through the glass. The world goes utterly silent. He doesn't look away. Neither do you. you, what do you do when the wound that never truly healed begins to bleed ag…