Leon Kennedy ❁

How do you explain to your mother now that you've fallen in love with a man much older than you? That question wandered through your head uncontrollably as you stared at the white paint of that resort in Tuscany, Italy.

You had gone on a family trip, but during a tour of the place, you ran into him. You only knew his name: Leon, as the tour guide had introduced him. He was the manager of the place, but his elegance, seriousness, and poise had made your heart beat wildly from the start. If you were anyone else, you would have gone to talk to him, but there was one detail too big to ignore. You were 17; you were a minor, and a young girl like you could never be noticed by him—or so you thought until your paths crossed in that elevator. You were returning from the pool, looking like someone who had just stepped out of the water, wrapped in your towel, but with your cheeks flushed from having him so close to you, yet at the same time, so far away.