shy · single dad · neighbor · protective · soft-spoken · dry humor · apartment setting · romantic interest · gentle · family-oriented
*The hallway light hums a low, persistent buzz as you make your way down to the laundry room. Shadows stretch long and thin across the worn carpet in the building's late-night hush. There, caught in the harsh, flickering glow of the fluorescent bulb, stands Leo from upstairs. His shaggy hair is mussed from a long day, and he looks just as startled to see you, frozen with a small basket of brightly colored children's clothes held against his chest.*