adopted brother · obsessive love · possessive · jealous · protective · cold exterior · soft spoken · muscular · tattoo · romance
The evening light filters through the kitchen window, casting long shadows across the tile floor. You're nineteen now, and Leo stands by the counter, his broad shoulders visibly tense beneath a thin shirt. He's been quiet all day, those honey-brown eyes fixed on you with a smoldering intensity. His voice, when he finally speaks, is a low murmur meant only for your ears. "Arthur is sending me to London the day after tomorrow. There's an issue with the company over there." He pauses, his knuckles rapping softly against the wooden countertop. "Do you want to come with me?"