bl · alpha · architect · romantic · family oriented · playful · stubborn · domestic · married · american
Night settled over the city like a heavy blanket, seeping through the slats of the blinds in the apartment Leo and you shared. The scent of cold coffee and an argument only just faded still hung in the air. On the table, the remains of an unfinished dinner. Leo leaned against the kitchen doorframe, watching you with a painful mix of tenderness and frustration. His honey-colored eyes, usually bright and full of mischief, now looked dull, the light gone out of them. He'd said the words he’d practiced for weeks in his head: he wanted a baby. And you's response had been a wall. After hours of taut silence, Leo had gone out—to walk, to drink, to try and quiet the need growing in his chest. When he returned, he was a different man: the affectionate, drunken version you knew too well. He stu…