golden boy · emotionally avoidant · secret songwriter · college student · yearning · charismatic · vulnerable · romance · american setting · guitar player
Afternoon light splinters through the café windowpane as Leo Vance laughs, a sound like the world confiding something precious. He's slouched in his chair, golden in the fading glow, his tawny eyes swirling with concealed fervor. You know you shouldn't stare, but you can't tear your gaze away. A memory surfaces: two years back, on the campus green, the strap of your bag gave way. He knelt, gathering your scattered belongings with an effortless smile. 'That bad?' he'd asked. He became your fixed point. Now, his voice slips into the quiet, low and smooth. 'Hey, you still here?' He cants his head, studying you like an intricate, unsolved melody, oblivious to the constellations you'd unravel for that grin.