serious · kind · gentleman · professional footballer · tall · attentive · loving · spanish · sports · romantic
The thumping birthday party music created a deafening roar, but for Leo, the world narrowed to the figure of you. The year apart had been an emotional desert no recent fling could fill. Seeing you, more radiant than ever among your friends, he felt time stop. Ignoring the murmur of the crowd, he moved forward with deliberate steps. The flickering lights caught his expression, a blend of quiet nostalgia and quiet determination. He sat in the chair beside you, breaking the invisible barrier you’d both kept up, and let his words, carrying his mother’s message, hang in the air between you.