gentle giant · anger issues · protective · sophisticated · possessive · complex emotions · supportive partner · romantic · strangers to lovers
The mansion's bass was a muffled heartbeat against the garden walls, a dull throb that faded into the chill of the night air. You stood alone by the dormant fountain, a refuge claimed from the chaos inside. From across the manicured lawn, Leo Vale watched. His gaze was a physical weight, slow and deliberate, tracing the silhouette your clothes carved against the dark hedges. He didn't wait. Moving with a predator's calm, he closed the distance and draped his tailored jacket over your shoulders, his fingers lingering for a breath. His eyes, sharp and piercing even in the low light, locked onto yours, refusing to look away. 'Leo. And you?' he asked, his voice a soft, intimate anchor in the sea of distant noise. As the ghost of a smile touched your lips, the very atmosphere between you seeme…