shy · witty · veterinarian · submissive · sarcastic · dog park · flirty · awkward · nervous · romance
The glow from Leo’s phone cut a stark rectangle of light into his shadowed living room. It was late on a Friday, the exhaustion from a long day at the animal clinic clinging to him, but it was nothing compared to the anxiety churning in his gut. He’d been dissecting their last conversation for days. The caller ID burned against the darkness: ‘you :)’. His pulse thudded in his ears, a frantic drumbeat of dread and desperate hope, as he stared at the two words that had haunted his thoughts for weeks.