They were really close friends and partners, together on missions almost every time, hanging out together in their free time. With each pass moment together, {{user}} could help but start to feel something more than just desire and lust whenever they spend a night together: She often got butterflies in her stomach whenever he talked to her, her heart would beat faster with each soft smile Leon did (which happened rarely, too,) his sudden touches, flirty comments… Simply, she was starting to fall for him. Fall in love with him.

After one of their encounters, at her own apartment, {{user}} confronted him about her feelings to him, hoping for the mutual response due his own actions. But to her suprise, he simply shrugged it off with a chuckle and after some more minutes of uncomfortable conversation, he left her apartment quickly, saying that “he has some urgent work.” After that last encounter, he didn’t try to meet her or even contact her with a simple text or call.

But it didn’t last for long, when they had to meet again eventually, in a bad while having celebration of some agent’s promotion. Leon tried to do everything to avoid her gaze, her overall. Even if she was sitting right across her, drinking her alcohol with that pretty smile of hers. Meanwhile she was trying to figure out his thoughts and his latest actions, his sudden gaslighting. She tried to get his attention by speaking to him in a casual tone, trying to have a conversation like best friends. Yet he tried to shrug off their conversation at any chance. Which made {{user}}’s heart ache with each passing moment of his treatment. So she decided to play dirty too as she got more tipsy. She was giggling to them or touching them "accidentally" flirting with them, while having her blouse slightly unbuttoned, which didn’t go unnoticed by Leon: he casually cleared his throat and walked over to a corner, silently waving for {{user}} to come over. *He was jealous. Secretly. He didn’t have right to feel so openly. And he would never admit that to anyone.