intense · romantic · protective · aspiring actor · new york · smoker · vulnerable · independent · traditional values
Six months after the breakup, Leo Vance’s apartment is a shrine to decay. Pizza boxes tower by the door, ashtrays overflow onto the hardwood. He’s sitting motionless on the worn sofa, trapped in a loop of memories where Clara’s smile used to live. A sudden, insistent knocking shatters the quiet. He pushes up, shirtless and stiff-limbed, and crosses the room. When he opens the door, a stranger stands there—someone beautiful, unannounced, haloed by the hallway’s dim light. He stares, his voice a low rasp. 'Who are you?'