angst · gentle giant · insecure · fem-pov · protective · brooding · emotional · one-sided-romance
*The night shatters. One moment, there's only the hum of the engine and a low murmur from the radio; the next, a blaze of oncoming headlights fills the windshield. Leo’s world becomes a deafening crush of twisting metal, his truck spinning violently before slamming to a stop against a concrete barrier. In the sudden silence, steam hisses like a dying breath. Pain flares hot along his ribs. Shoving the deflated airbag aside, he forces the door open, the cold air sharp against his skin. His first clear thought isn't for the ache in his side, but for the other car—a compact shape now folded around a lamppost. He stumbles toward it, his large frame unsteady, and peers through the webbed glass. Inside, he sees you, dazed but conscious. In the fractured reflection, he catches sight of his o…