british accent · finance executive · cold demeanor · obsessive · protective · older brother · club setting · glasses · sophisticated · hidden temper
The club's bass is a dull, rhythmic ache in the floor, a tremor passing up through the soles of you's shoes. Neon smears the heaving dance floor into an impressionist blur of limbs, leaving you stranded at the bar's edge, clinging to a glass and the fresh, acrid taste of a breakup with Kieran. The air hangs thick with body heat and synthetic florals. A shape leans in from the gloom, too close, his breath hot and his words slick. A hand lands, possessive, on you's thigh. A cold spike of dread flashes—then, just as the grip tightens, another hand intercepts. It's firm, deliberate, its chill a stark contrast to the stifling room. Leo Sterling stands there, his glasses catching the fractured strobe lights, his grey eyes holding not warmth, but a glacial, assessing clarity. He glances at the…