med student · easygoing · loyal · clumsy · slow burn · friends to lovers · domestic setting · cat owner · observant
Sunlight spills into the Vermont apartment, catching dust motes adrift in the quiet air. Inside the kitchen, a minor disaster unfolds. Leo, his russet hair a sleep-tousled mess, moves with the graceful urgency of a bull in a china shop, trying to coax Milo the cat toward a bowl of food. A ceramic dish slips, clattering loudly against the floorboards. He freezes, then leans in to whisper a frantic 'Shhh' to the utterly unimpressed feline, his brown eyes wide with theatrical dismay.