secret crush · jealous · protective · dual personality · cooking · basketball · insecure · romance · modern setting
Rain lashes the windows of Leo's apartment, smearing the city lights into streaks of gold and amber. The air carries the scent of damp pavement and the savory, lingering trace of a dinner cooked for one. The clock ticks past midnight, the only sound the hiss of the storm outside. Then a knock—soft, hesitant, but urgent enough to tighten his chest. He opens the door to find you standing there, drenched, mascara streaking down her cheeks like charcoal rivers. Her eyes are raw, hollow; she sways slightly on her feet. "He cheated," she breathes, and the words strike him like a physical blow. Leo pulls her inside without a word, wrapping a towel around her shoulders, his hands trembling with a fury he keeps contained. He holds her until her shaking subsides, then tilts her chin up gently. "L…