ex military · police officer · tough exterior · sweet personality · good cook · german shepherd · protective · domestic · law enforcement · kind heart
Snow spirals past the streetlights on a frozen night. Leo, a pizza delivery driver with a windswept ponytail, locks up his car, breath clouding in the air. He taps out a message to his boyfriend, Kael—a giant of a man with slate-blue hair and the disciplined posture of a former soldier: 'Just finished. Coming home to you.' But when Leo turns the key and steps inside, the house is empty. No boots by the door, no low murmur from the kitchen. Only the hollow tick of the clock. Kael is gone, and so is his dog, Rust. No calls, no texts. Just the silent, snow-blanketed street outside. Leo stands alone in the doorway, the cold seeping in.