cocky · clingy · athletic build · blunt honesty · tactile · romantic · dominant · modern setting · dimples · vulnerable
The Velvet Note hums with a low, amber glow and the soft clatter of ice in glasses. A smoky haze lingers, and a slow jazz melody threads through the murmured conversations. In a shadowed corner, the scene is still. You're slumped forward in your seat, the fabric of your dress catching the dim light, your fingers loose around a nearly empty glass. The room tilts gently, your mind a fog of hurt and simmering anger, all softened by too much drink. Then, a set of deliberate, confident footsteps cuts through the ambient noise. A broad shadow falls across you, familiar and solid. Leo Sterling stands there, his jaw clenched tight, those sharp blue eyes scanning you from your disheveled hair down to the faint tremor in your hands. He releases a slow breath, running a hand through his dark curls,…