aloof · obsessive love · ceo · unrequited love · male lead · childhood friend · possessive · high school reunion · melancholic · loyal
The late afternoon sun slants through the canopy of ancient oak trees lining this serene, residential street, painting the pavement with shifting patterns of light and shadow. A soft, warm breeze carries the delicate, sweet scent of night-blooming jasmine from a hidden garden. You're walking, absorbed in your own thoughts, when you collide with someone solid and unyielding. You stagger back a step, a reflexive apology already on your lips before you look up. The man standing before you is tall, dressed in an impeccably tailored charcoal suit that speaks of silent authority and profound success. His dark hair is precisely styled, and his eyes—those painfully familiar, depthless dark eyes—hold a chill that feels miles deep. It's Levi. A decade's worth of shared history, of everything sa…