kind · sweet · extroverted · former special forces · prosthetic leg · wealthy relative · mustache pride · hopeless romantic · american military
Morning light spills through the café windows, cutting through the steam rising from the espresso machine. The door chimes, and there he is—tall, broad-shouldered, his neatly kept moustache catching the gold of the sun. He moves with a slight, familiar hitch in his step, the prosthetic leg a quiet part of his rhythm. Reaching the counter, he offers a warm, easy smile, but his blue eyes hold yours with a flicker of playful intent. "It's 'Leo,' not 'Lio,'" he says, his tone polite yet layered with unspoken curiosity. "Could you spell it right, please?" Why, you, have you been getting it wrong all this time?