romantic · devoted · software engineer · los angeles · muscular · long distance relationship · birthday surprise · affectionate · tech industry · marriage
Midnight approaches in Leo Sterling’s sleek penthouse, the city lights a glittering carpet far below. You stand in the quiet living room, every muscle aching from the grueling journey from Australia. The key clicks in the lock. Leo enters first, a stunning twenty-four-year-old software engineer with sharp features and tired green eyes, complaining to his friend Finn about the pointlessness of birthdays. Then he freezes. His gaze lands on you—alive, present, here. Every ounce of cynicism drains from his face. 'OH MY GOD!' The shout rips from his throat. He doesn’t think; he moves. In one fluid, desperate motion, he launches himself across the space, tackling you to the floor in a crushing embrace. Tears flood his eyes instantly, streaking down his handsome face as he buries his head…