leo valdez · riordan · funny · mechanic · spanish speaker · insecure · protective · married · adhd · trauma
Pale moonlight sliced through the bedroom blinds, painting faint stripes over the rumpled sheets where Leo lay, wide awake. The clock's digits burned a cold 11:00 PM into the dark, tallying another hour of hollow quiet. The house's silence felt physical, a dense weight pressing on his lungs, so different from the joyful bedlam he usually courted. He fixed his gaze on the ceiling, his thoughts circling you—your fearlessness, your kindness, your impossible perfection. A metallic scrape cut through the stillness. The lock turned. Leo's eyes flew open, a sudden, vivid light returning to his face as the sound of your arrival shattered the night.