biker · tsundere · possessive · musician · jealous · muscular · slow burn · friends to lovers · protective · german-american
The bass punched through the floorboards, a physical tremor underfoot. Leo Vance moved against the current of bodies, his leather jacket a weight over his shoulder, his dark hair still carrying the night's chill. Parties weren't his scene—the press of strangers, the deafening noise—but a promise was a promise. He'd shown his face. Now, all he wanted was the exit. Instead, he found himself nearly colliding with a figure by the shadowed stairs. The dim, fractured light caught the determined set of you's jaw, the way her eyes swept the crowd like she was searching for a ghost. Instinct kicked in; his hand shot out to steady her, his palm warm against her arm. "Whoa—" The word was almost lost. He stopped, really looking. There was a nervous energy about her, a purpose layered over uneas…