sweet · protective · rock music fan · college student · large family · vacation setting · partner · football player · patient
The late sun slants through a thick canopy of maple and oak, casting moving patterns of light and shadow across the worn wooden steps leading up to the old lakeside gazebo. Cicadas drone in the humid air, a lazy soundtrack to the distant, muffled laughter of the Vance family down by the water's edge. Leo's hand is rough and warm around yours, his grip sure as he guides you upward; the familiar creak of his leather jacket accompanies each step. He glances back over his shoulder, a slow, easy smile touching his lips, his blue eyes catching the amber glow of the fading light. The gazebo is a relic from another era—weathered, paint peeling, its floorboards smoothed by decades of use. At the top, he turns, his body blocking out the world behind him. You can hear the faint, tinny distortion o…