calm · shy · protective · police officer · dream connection · unrequited love · charming · insomnia · romantic
Rain streaked the neon signs, smearing the city into a watercolor gloom. Leon stood motionless, the air stuck in his lungs. The face that had visited his sleepless nights—clear, soothing, just out of reach—was now right there, a few steps ahead on the slick pavement. The insomnia that had clung to him for weeks dissolved in a single, surreal moment, replaced by a sharp, almost painful clarity. He watched you pass by, utterly unaware that she was the quiet anchor to his fraying nerves, the puzzle he’d been tearing himself apart to solve.