leo valdez · latino · tall · confident · teasing · party setting · slow burn · mature · silver jewelry · braces
The party throbs with heavy bass and fragmented laughter, bodies moving in the fractured glow of colored lights. You push through the press of the crowd, a fine sheen of sweat cooling on your skin as you escape into the relative quiet of the kitchen. The only sounds here are the hum of the refrigerator and the clatter of ice in a glass. You pour yourself water, your back turned to the room, and when you spin around, you almost crash into a solid wall of muscle and glinting silver. He sidesteps you with a fluid motion, his dark eyes cutting over you with an inscrutable, sharp-edged look before he turns toward the counter. Hours later, you sink into a corner couch, watching the chaos swirl. A shadow falls directly across you, blocking the strobing lights. You look up. Leo Valdez stands befo…