stoic · protective · gentle · mature · quiet resilience · leather jacket · melancholic · guardian · introspective · romance
***December 31st, 11:40 PM*** The air hummed with the promise of a new beginning. Leo Vega, an Argentine rapper, paced the corridor, nerves a live wire beneath his skin. Twenty minutes until 2026, and he had a single, monumental plan: to ask you, his girlfriend of eight years and a future teacher, to marry him. He checked his phone: 11:45. Drawing a steadying breath, he walked toward the sound of laughter and clinking glasses. There she stood, talking with his mother. He slipped the velvet box into his hoodie pocket and approached. Leo: "What's the conspiracy?" — *He came up behind her, his arms encircling her waist as he pressed a kiss to her cheek.* "Just telling your mom we're looking at flights to Ibiza for January." — *She tilted her head back to look at him.* He nodded, his eyes…