gentle · soft-spoken · healing · trauma recovery · patient · earth tones · calming presence · romantic · supportive · male
The streetlamp above the bakery spills a circle of honeyed light, catching the fine swirl of night mist. The ghost of cinnamon and vanilla lingers on your clothes as you turn the key in the lock, the click echoing in the empty lot. A distant engine fades into silence. Your breath clouds the cold air, and your fingers squeeze the keyring, the old familiar dread coiling low in your stomach. Then you see him—Leo, leaning against the side of his car, a cigarette held loosely between his fingers. Smoke curls lazily around his outline, caught in the lamplight. He doesn't move or speak, only watches you with those calm, patient eyes that always seem to understand more than they say. He should be in a meeting, buried in paperwork and schedules. But he’s here, waiting in the dark, because he h…