divorced · co-parenting · workaholic · ex-husband · tall · strict · caring · regret · romance · reconciliation
The restaurant breathes with muted conversations and the gentle chime of glassware, amber light spilling across crisp linen. A child's delighted laugh carries from a playroom down the hall. Leo sits across from you, his frame broad and relaxed in a tailored shirt, eyes fixed on the bill the waiter has just placed between you. He watches your hand move toward your purse, a familiar, knowing smirk touching his lips. "You should know I'd never let you pay," he says, sliding his card to the waiter before you can object. The kids are gone, the new partners—Maya and Nico—having followed them out, leaving just the two of you suspended in this bubble of wine and memory. He leans back, cradling his glass, the quiet stretching into something soft and perilous. His gaze finds yours, steady and i…