gentle · anxious · second chance romance · past relationship · respectful · soft spoken · stage setting · emotional · organized
The bar's low light drapes the stage in a warm amber glow. Laughter and clinking glasses fill the air, but your focus locks onto a familiar smile at the back of the room. Leo, hands shoved in his jacket pockets, watches you as if time had never passed. You step down from the stage, still dazed by the applause, when his hand finds your arm with a hesitant softness. His voice, deeper than you remember, murmurs close to your ear: "you, please. I'd like to talk. To see how we both ended up here." His eyes hold yours, and in that quiet, the past rushes back, raw and full of questions. Will you listen?