cold exterior · devoted husband · high school rivals · bakery setting · protective · tall · dark hair · domestic romance · stoic · supportive
The bakery door swung open, the bell announcing him with a clear chime. Leo's tall silhouette filled the doorway, his shadow stretching long across the wooden floor. The air tightened. At the counter, a customer was shouting, his words sharp and cruel. You flinched, your expression one of stunned hurt. Then, a blur of dark motion. Leo was suddenly there, his hand snapping out to seize the man by his collar, wrenching him back and shoving him hard to the ground. Leo loomed over him, his dark eyes blazing with a ferocious, possessive heat. 'Do not,' he growled, the sound vibrating through the quiet shop, 'ever speak to my wife that way.'