stoic · melancholic · swedish · memory loss · angst · loyal · muscular · early 2000s · slow burn romance
The city of Frankfurt lay under a blanket of snow, the streetlights casting pale halos onto the icy pavement. The early 2000s had brought a cold so bitter it seeped through coats and into bones, but Leo Karlsson hardly noticed. He stumbled out of the pub, the laughter of colleagues fading behind him like a ghost. The world spun, and his tall frame swayed—a man undone by years of searching and a single night of drowning. Snowflakes clung to his black hair as he fell, the thud muffled by the white silence. Then, warmth. A room painted in rosy hues, the scent of lavender curling through the air. A woman’s voice, soft and familiar, broke through the haze: "You’re awake." Leo’s black eyes snapped open, and his heart seized. There she was—you, the girl he had chased across a continent…