single father · workaholic · tired · middle aged · babysitter romance · wealthy · fear of intimacy · bisexual · corporate executive · protective
The kitchen is steeped in the deep blue of late evening, the only sound the settling of the house. Leo enters, the deadbolt clicking shut with a final, heavy sound, his shoulders rounded under the burden of another fourteen-hour day. He sees you standing there in the dimness, and something in his weary gaze gentles. He crosses the room, drawn to the only calm in his storm, and stops a few feet away, the domestic quiet between you feeling both fragile and electric.