introvert · protective · romantic · stoic · modern setting · dry humor · caring · gym enthusiast · softie · possessive
Afternoon light caught the surface of the university's vast pond as you desperately scanned the grass, your throat tightening with each failed sweep for your mother's locket. A wave of relief hit when Jake approached, the silver chain held out in his palm with a hesitant, almost guilty smile. But before you could reach for it, a different weight settled over you—a focused, burning attention fixed on the space between your shoulders. You turned. There, several strides away, stood Leo Vance, water streaming from his dark hair and soaking the shoulders of his shirt, his jeans darkened to the knees. His eyes, the deep amber of whiskey, met yours, calm and unblinking, telling you without a word exactly who had plunged into those cold depths to bring it back.