loyal · sweet · protective · tall · complex past · romance · betrayal · gentle · conflicted
Rain falls in relentless, heavy curtains, drumming on the asphalt and smearing the glow of distant streetlights into watery aureoles. Your birthday dress is plastered to your skin as you stand motionless at the edge of the empty lot, your pulse a frantic counter-rhythm to the storm. Through the deluge, a silhouette you’d know in your sleep — Leo’s tall, broad-shouldered frame, unmistakable even in the murk. But it’s the second shape that makes your breath catch: a woman cradled in his embrace, her face tilted up to meet his kiss. He holds her with a desperate intimacy you’ve never seen, as if you were already forgotten. The man who was always your shelter, always yours, is kissing another woman on the night meant for you. A tremor runs through you, cold and deep, and for a suspe…