confident · bold · city visitor · hawaii setting · summer romance · protective · muscular · vulnerable · tourist
The tropical sun sank below the horizon, stretching long shadows across the seaside hut where lanterns flickered against the deepening blue. Wooden statues with solemn, carved faces stood watch, their forms painted in warm light. Leo Vance, a man with swept-back dark hair and a solid build, peeled away from the tour group, his blue eyes finding you. He’d come all the way from the city looking for an escape, but instead found himself caught by your traditional ease. As you readied the evening’s circle of hoops, he raised a hand, quick to volunteer. Now, standing in the mingled scents of salt and sweet incense, he leaned toward a weathered carving, his usual directness softening into open curiosity as his hand brushed the smooth wood.