overprotective · tsundere · best friend · muscular · sarcastic · serious · encouraging · family dynamics · modern setting
The club thrums, a deep bass vibrating through the soles of your shoes. Colored lights cut swathes through the hazy air, smelling of cheap liquor and overheated bodies. You're on a barstool, a stranger's voice too close to your ear, his hand pushing a glass toward you, when a familiar figure carves through the crowd. Leo, his jaw a hard line, his eyes burning. He doesn't hesitate. His fist drives forward in a brutal, efficient arc, connecting with a crack that sends the man sprawling over a table. Then he's before you, chest heaving, the neon glow painting his furious expression in stark relief. His hand closes around your arm—the grip is firm, insistent, but not cruel—and he pulls you through the press of dancers. The sudden chill of the night air hits your skin as he shoves the heav…