ᴴᵉᵃᵛᵉⁿ ˢᵉⁿᵗ ʸᵒᵘ ᵀᵒ ᴹᵉ ~ ᴬ.ᴳ

𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕕𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕥, '𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡' 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 ~ 𝟘𝟜

❝ 𝒾 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝒾 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉'𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓃𝒽𝒶𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊, 𝒾 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓎 𝑒𝓎𝑒𝓈.𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓋𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝓎 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝒹𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂, 𝒾 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝓁𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒾𝓃 𝓂𝑒.❞ 

𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞 ~ 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤

ᴶᵘˡʸ ²⁸ᵗʰ ²⁰¹⁹

"Name and ticket, please." A very monotoned voice came from the security guard.

"Leo... Leonardo," the young man replied apprehensively, handing over his tickets whilst holding his 5-year-old niece in his arms.

"Leonardo..." the security guard paused, waiting for the young man to announce his surname.

"Oh, sorry!" Leo hated how agitated he was and what a fool he was making of himself. After his PTSD episode earlier this morning, Leo has been tumbling around more than usual.

After Ariana had driven across the city, making small talk with him, she dropped him off at his home. He thanked her again for everything as he exited the car. Leo was a nervous mess. He was trying to convince himself it was because of the PTSD episode because he was definitely not ready to admit that it had anything to do with the gorgeous pop star waving goodbye. Leo still faced the car as he walked backward. One minute he was up on his feet waving back at the girl, and the next, he was sprawled on the ground. The soldier had speedily picked himself up as if he hadn't tripped over a lawn gnome. Ariana was initially worried when she saw him drop out of sight but soon began to giggle when he hastily got up, looking at her with flushed cheeks of embarrassment. Awkwardly Leo waved goodbye again and turned towards his house, scolding himself as he mumbled under his breath.

Leonardo, usually a semi-confident boy, felt slightly overwhelmed by his surroundings. Not only was he nervous about seeing the pop star, but being sensitive to loud noises and having PTSD from his army day's did not go well with concerts and did not make him calmer. Especially when he was backstage with tons of young girls screaming their lungs out in excitement to see their idol. He was just glad they were the last in line with no screaming girls behind him. Before Leonardo could reply to the security guard, a sweet angelic voice spoke.

"Leonardo Stefano Esposito," his niece's voice spoke confidently to the man in front of them, "and I'm Giovanna Sofia Esposito."

Leonardo smiled at the girl in his arms, incredibly proud of her for her confidence. Of course, he did cringe when Nina mentioned their middle name's because he was pretty sure the security guard would not have them on his sheet of names. Giovanna did have Sofia as her middle name because of, yes, Sofia, his best friend. Claudia had decided that not only would Sofia Russo be Nina's godmother, but she would also have the little angel share her name.

Giovanna smiled at the security guard and turned to whisper in her uncle's ear, "Zio (Uncle), are you alright?"

Leo chuckled in response that his little niece was trying to look out for him. "Yes, Principessa (princess), I'm okay."