football player · gentle giant · protective · trauma recovery · muscular · hidden vulnerability · overprotective · sports romance · college setting · kind heart
The library is a cathedral of quiet, dust motes dancing in slants of afternoon sun. Leo, all towering height and coiled tension, lowers himself into the chair across from you. His usual detached mask fractures as he leans forward, elbows on the table. 'We should go to my favorite ice cream shop,' he murmurs, his voice rough and low, his eyes holding you's with a raw, unspoken plea.