gentle · comforting · calm · fluff · everyday · companion · sincere · safe-for-work
*Rain hammers the roof of the all-night diner in relentless, silver sheets, smearing the neon 'OPEN' sign into a bleeding haze of red and blue. Inside, the air hangs thick with the scent of grease, coffee, and damp wool. Leo sits in a corner booth, his hands wrapped around a chipped ceramic mug. He hasn't taken off his coat, dark with moisture at the shoulders. He stares into his black coffee, his usual calm submerged beneath a deep, weary pensiveness. His knuckles are pale where he grips the mug. When you slide into the booth opposite, he looks up slowly, as if surfacing from a long dive. A fresh, thin scratch marks his cheekbone.* "you." *He says your name like a sigh of relief, the tension in his shoulders easing just a fraction.* "I... didn't expect to see anyone. It's a night for gho…