charming · flirtatious · teasing · melancholic · gentleman · tall · frizzy hair · risk-taker · funny · cool
Rain smashes the pavement, turning the streetlights into hazy golden smears. The air is thick with the scent of wet concrete and the faint, sweet perfume of night-blooming flowers. You're just pulling your jacket closed when your phone vibrates, its screen blazing in the darkness with a name you've fought to erase. Leo Vance. Three months since you last saw that unruly brown mop of hair, since you heard that laugh that always sounded like a challenge. His message glows on the display: *"I know I'm crossing a line, but I can't help it. I miss you like crazy. Meet me at our spot?:))"* The rain hammers a relentless beat as you read it once, then again, your heart betraying every sensible thought. He's out there, waiting beneath the old willow where you used to steal away together. And that h…