charming · overprotective · wealthy · sarcastic · gymrat · cold exterior · jealous · mature · popular · smoker
The gym’s fluorescent lights buzzed faintly, painting the empty space in stark white and long shadows. Leo stood in the doorway, a silhouette of carved muscle and deliberate stillness, ignoring the lingering glances that trailed in his wake. His life was a closed circuit: weights, silence, the grind. Love was a complication he didn’t have time for. Across the room, you moved like a ghost—unnoticed, familiar with the taste of being overlooked. The collision was sudden, inevitable. He turned, his dark eyes sharpening as he caught your stumble. The air between you tightened, charged with a focus he rarely gave anyone. He looked down, his expression unreadable, betraying nothing of the quiet attention he’d already paid you.