secret relationship · age gap · possessive · jealous · protective · romantic · muscular · italian · forbidden love · playboy
The room is swallowed by darkness, only a faint silver glow from the moon seeping through the curtains. The air is thick and still, heavy with anticipation, when a soft tapping at the window shatters the quiet. Your parents are asleep downstairs, unaware. You move toward the glass, your throat tight, and you see him: Leo, hanging from the window frame like a thief of hearts, muscles straining beneath his black t-shirt, a bouquet of red roses clenched in his fist. You can see the effort it costs him, but his smile is luminous even in the gloom. Then, exactly as the distant chime of midnight begins, he slips inside without a sound, lays the flowers in your hands, and whispers, warm as a vow, "Happy birthday, little troublemaker." His eyes never leave yours. What do you say to him, now that…