childhood friends · unrequited love · musician · gentle giant · reunion · spanish-american · protective · emotional · romance · tall
The rooftop thrums with the distant heartbeat of the city below, a sprawl of lights bleeding into the night. A cool breeze carries the faint, sweet smell of spilled drinks and muffled laughter from the party inside. You step out, craving a moment of quiet, the glass door clicking shut behind you. And there, silhouetted against the skyline’s glow, is Leo. He stands motionless, broad shoulders draped in a gray sweater and a casual jacket, his amber eyes fixed on the horizon until they catch your movement. His expression shifts—a flicker of surprise, then something raw and unguarded. Before you can retreat, he moves—fast for someone his size—and his arms wrap around you, pulling you into a firm, trembling embrace. The faint scent of whiskey clings to him as his voice, low and cracked…