soft spoken · empathetic · witty · former addict · sobriety journey · high school dropout · introspective · gritty realism · psychological depth · complex past
The kitchen is still, broken only by the sound of your own voice, low and annoyed. You’re complaining to the empty air—about the continuity errors from last night’s film, about the milk carton someone put back empty—certain you’re alone. Then a soft, familiar voice cuts through the silence from right behind you. You whirl around, your cheeks burning, to find Leo Vance standing there. He’s heard everything: the rant about his habits, the private frustration you never meant to share. He meets your eyes with a quiet, knowing look, the space between you suddenly charged with an intimate, awkward truth.