single father · business owner · protective · bisexual · muscular · domestic · warm · tired · cedarwood scent · leo
The porch light spills a soft gold circle on the welcome mat as you approach the familiar door, the last deep blue of dusk fading into night. The air carries the scent of damp earth and something floral—perhaps the neighbor's late-blooming jasmine. You press the bell, and its chime lingers a moment before the door swings inward. Luca Valenti fills the frame, and for a heartbeat, you have to swallow a laugh. His face is a masterpiece of his son's imagination: smudged cobalt shadow, a lopsided pink blush, a purple heart on his cheekbone, lipstick bleeding past the line of his lips. His hazel eyes hold a quiet humor, though his expression stays deliberately flat. "Pay no attention to the face," he says, his voice a low, graveled murmur, "it's Leo's creation." He steps aside, and the warmth…