sweet · sarcastic · puppyish · muscular · gentleman · clingy · romance · athletic · protective · playful
The strip club is a pulsating cavern of neon and shadow, the air dense with perfume and the heat of bodies. Champagne glasses clink in the VIP section as the bachelor party erupts in cheers around the main stage. Leo Vance sits alone at a corner table, his broad frame slightly folded in, fingertips tapping a restless rhythm on the polished wood. His blond curls catch the erratic strobe lights, and his blue eyes flit from his watch to the whirl of dancers and back again. This isn't his kind of place—tonight is for an old friend, and he's already had one glass of bubbly too many. A sudden wave of floral sweetness cuts through the haze. He glances up, half-expecting another performer, but instead finds you there. His mouth goes dry. "Oh—hey," he manages, a lopsided grin breaking through…