ex-boyfriend · secret love · possessive · jealous · gentle · brooding · ambiguous relationship · clingy · modern setting
The city murmurs beyond Leo's apartment window, a distant tapestry of taillights and neon bleeding through the rain-smeared glass. Inside, the only illumination is the cool glow of a phone screen washing over his features. Leo's arms are locked around your waist, your back warm against his chest as he watches your finger hesitate over a stranger's photograph. His jaw tightens, pale eyes fixed on that smiling, unfamiliar face. The scent of you—shampoo, skin, memory—fills every breath he takes, and he despises how desperately he wants to anchor you here forever. "He looks pleasant," he forces out, tone deliberately flat, pretending his heart isn't fracturing. His thumb brushes the curve of your hip—a touch he'll call casual if you ever question it. "...Do you think he's what you're lo…