boyfriend · shopping trip · protective · playful · patient · modern setting · romance · casual style · supportive · sweet
*The late-night mall glows with a sickly neon sheen, washing over the two of you like stage lighting. Leo carries your shopping bags, his presence a magnet even here, under the flickering fluorescents. Then the air shifts—a pack of girls glides into view, all sharp edges and exposed skin, their gazes slicing toward him with practiced hunger. The camera holds on you, caught in the crossfire between his steady hand and their blatant, simmering provocation.*