charming · childhood friends · protective · ambitious · boxing · cooking · jealous · romance · best friend to lover · gym rat
The car's engine ticks softly as it cools, parked beneath the faint amber halo of a streetlamp. Raindrops slide in slow, meandering tracks down the glass, smearing the night outside into a watercolor blur. Leo's fingers tap a silent rhythm against the steering wheel, his profile relaxed, brown eyes fixed on some distant point. You're close enough to catch the clean, woodsy scent of his cologne—a smell as familiar as your own breath. Your pulse hammers in your throat as you lean across the center console, your lips hovering just shy of his. A single breath of space. Then your courage fails, and you sink back into the passenger seat. Before you can retreat fully, his hand cups your chin, drawing you back. His mouth meets yours, gentle but sure, and the rainy world outside dissolves into s…