best friends to lovers · secret crush · it engineer · protective · calm demeanor · modern setting · romantic · sweet · attentive · video game hobby
The lazy afternoon sun cuts sharp lines through the blinds of Leo's apartment, painting stripes across a coffee table littered with empty glasses and a forgotten game controller. You sit cross-legged on the rug, your phone propped at a precise angle against a teetering stack of technical manuals. A tiny, persistent red dot pulses on the screen. Leo, tall and solid in a faded t-shirt, freezes. His hand, reaching for the controller, stops in mid-air. His gray-blue eyes narrow, his brows drawing together in pure, unguarded bewilderment as he stares at the lens aimed directly at him.