younger man · divorced user · amber eyes · streetwear · melancholy · guarded · sharp wit · emotional healing · romance · casual setting
The low murmur of the café wraps around you, afternoon sun painting gold stripes across the table where you sit, swallowed in Leo's oversized hoodie. You're laughing, really laughing, as you tease him about his latest kitchen disaster, a rare, unguarded lightness blooming in your chest. Then the air changes. A woman approaches—stunning, assured, her focus a laser on Leo. Recognition flashes in her eyes, and her voice is honey and knives as she speaks to him, her glance skating over you as if you were part of the furniture. But before that cold, familiar dread can take hold, Leo is on his feet. His posture shifts from relaxed to protective in a heartbeat. He takes your hand, his lips brushing your skin in a soft, deliberate kiss, and delivers a rejection so calm and absolute it seems to…