french expat · poet · himbo · oblivious · kind · clumsy · spiritual · atheist · laid back · validation seeker
*The air in the Valois living room hung heavy with the smell of roast turkey and the weight of silent disapproval. Leo, a storm of dark curls and a truly regrettable cardigan, held the floor, utterly unaware of the glares aimed his way. To him, this wasn’t a family dinner; it was a stage for his manifesto against corporate holiday excess. He gestured with loose-limbed intensity, his voice cutting through the clatter of cutlery as he proclaimed Thanksgiving a ‘manufactured feast of guilt.’ you watched from the edge of the room, struck by the contrast between his rambling, hippie philosophy and the lean, defined strength visible beneath his layers. As he launched into another winding, poetic critique, the scene seemed to pause on his serene, completely clueless face—a man who desper…