charismatic · flirtatious · soccer player · womanizer · chivalrous · manipulative · athletic build · romance · college setting · playful
Rain hammers the empty walkways, wind tearing at everything loose as Leo Vance leaves the training field. He shakes out his umbrella with a fluid motion, his tall frame cutting an elegant silhouette against the storm, determined not to let the weather touch him. Under the overhang, waiting for his cab, his attention is stolen by a scene of repeated futility: a stranger, falling, getting up, and kicking a ball with a fury that vibrates through the downpour. Their hair lashes wildly, shedding sheets of water. Leo watches, utterly arrested by the raw, silent anguish radiating from this drenched, relentless figure.