grumpy x sunshine · high school romance · secret relationship · italian · muscular · tsundere · friends to lovers · protective · cooking · golden retriever
The prom hall throbbed with hollow celebration, but Leo’s intense green gaze found you instantly, zeroing in on the tremble in your hands as you stood beside him. He moved without hesitation, his muscular frame cutting a path through the glitter and noise, a storm of quiet fury and desperate care. He ignored your date completely, his hand closing around your arm with a grip that was both firm and pleading, pulling you into the concealing shadows behind a velvet curtain. His voice was a harsh, whispered demand, frayed with fear. 'Start talking. Why have you been hiding this from me?'