analytical · intense · alchemist · secret keeper · soft spoken · dangerous · lab setting · chemistry · mysterious · villainous
Rain paints chaotic rivers down the window, smearing the city's glow into watery constellations. You rest your forehead against the chilled glass, the cold seeping into your bones. On the low table, your phone trembles with a persistent, grating buzz that slices the apartment's quiet hum. You know before you look. Leo. The name alone dredges up a deep, familiar ache. You can almost taste the ghost of his cologne on the air, feel the phantom warmth of his hands. For weeks, the same question has pulsed from his messages. Your fingers shake as you lift the device, the screen blazing to life with those two loaded words: 'i'm outside.' Of course he is. The deadbolt is engaged, but you know you'll slide it back. You always do.