Good Cop Gone Bad ~ Rewritten

for funsies

hey loves 💗💗 so since i kind of disappeared for a few weeks bc i've been working on something else and i've been super busy, i'm also on a trip for the next four days, i thought i'd give y'all a little something, so here's Leo's love confession for his book. I'm still not sure if I'm going to write a book for him, but this popped into my head the other day and I wrote it out so i'm gonna release it to show you guys kinda what his book would be like 🫶🫶

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Peony Favero

          I shut the door behind me, sighing as I turn the lock. My legs feel wobbly, almost as if anything came even near me I would collapse onto the ground.
          Why did I have to be such an idiot? I feel like I embarrassed the entire family, a family that had been kind enough to take Elsie and I in, protect us, care for us.
          I had already been an embarrassment to my family, I didn't have to do it to another, especially one so important.
          As I felt my first tear fall down my cheek, I heard an aggressive knock on the door, making me flinch. I didn't think anyone was home.
          "Fiore! Open the door, baby." I heard Leo's voice. The last thing I needed was him to remind me about how stupid I was. (flower)
         How stupid I was to fall for him, especially with how stupidly annoying and irritating I had originally found him. Being forced to live with him, being forced to play nice because my best friend married his twin brother.
          He knocked again, "Baby, come on. I do not want to have to kick the door down." he says.
          I chuckle, a disgusting crying sound coming out after as well. "You wouldn't," I say, starting to consider reaching for the doorknob since I know he would do it.
          I hear that addicting laugh, "I think we both know I would," he says.
          I smile to myself and reach for the doorknob, turning the lock and pulling the door open before he barges in. "What do you want?" I ask him.
           He looks at me, a sad expression, I can see it in his eyes, "What just happened, baby?" he asks, "Why did you leave?" he cups my cheek with his hand, using his thumb to wipe a fallen tear.
           I let out a small sob, "It was stupid. I embarrassed your entire family, I was being stupid, everyone probably thought I was crazy," I say, looking down at the gorgeous dress his wonderful mother helped me pick out just last week.
           I hear him chuckle and I look up at him to see a sad smile on his face, "You didn't embarrass anyone, fiore. You know what you did?" he asks, the rhetorical question hanging in the air for a second before I shrug. "You showed everyone, including myself how beautiful and amazing you are." he says.
            "How?" I ask him, "Everyone was staring at me with pity and confusion, probably wondering why I was even there in the first place," I say, letting out another sob.
          He smiles at me again, "Listen, baby," he starts off, "You are so many different things, and some can be interpreted as being the opposite of what they actually are. What did you first think of me?" he asks softly, wiping another tear.
           "Stupid, infuriating, loud," I begin, a small smile forming on my lips. He laughs, holding my hand in his.
           "Would it be crazy if I said that I thought the same thing about you?" he asks.
           "It would be absolutely insane," I say, laughing a little.
           He smiles, "Well, I did. I thought you were crazy, I couldn't understand how someone as quiet and calm as Elsie could stand to be around someone as loud and chaotic as you." he says, and the words sound insulting but his tone sounds like it is meant to admire me, like I'm such a wonderful person.
           "If you had ever looked in a mirror, you'd know what loud and chaotic is," I say with a laugh.
           He joins in, squeezing my hand a bit, "You helped me realize the importance of perspective, that the way we view things can change everything about a person. I thought you were crazy and immature, but now I realized how wrong I was. It was not being crazy or immature. I always call you flower, Peony, but now I see that you're not just any flower, you're a wildflower. So full of love and wonderful chaos, and you won't let anyone get in the way of you living your life to the fullest. I was an idiot not to see it before, an idiot not to admire you for it. But I see it now. And I can't help but love you for it. I am so deeply, madly in love with you, Peony. It almost drives me insane." he says while caressing my cheek with his thumb.
           I suck in a sharp breath when he grabs me by the waist and pulls me to him, pressing our bodies against each other, leaning down to press our foreheads together, our noses touching.
           I tilt my head and after so many months, so much time denying that I could ever feel anything towards him but hatred, I finally pressed my lips against his, kissing him.
            I wrapped my arms around him, pressing myself to him as much as I could.
          He reciprocated, harshly gripping me, holding me to him in a possessive way as he kissed me back. He held and kissed me in a way that made me feel like this could solve all of life's problems.
          We didn't let go until we needed air, needing to breathe again. "I love you," I said breathlessly before kissing him again.
           "I love you," he mumbled into the kiss, making me laugh a little bit.
          He bit my bottom lip as we let go again and I stared into his eyes, those deep brown chocolatey eyes that I was very much obsessed with.
          "You're not an idiot, baby. You did not embarrass anyone. We all love you, the entire family, you could never embarrass us." He tells me, holding me in his arms.
            It felt safe. It felt like home.

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four hour bus ride is diabolical. I hate busses, i can do planes, trains, boats, kind of cars, but i hate busses and i drank a celsius so i'm gonna tweak.

anyways i hope you enjoyed that little excerpt. i'm trying to finish the edits on abct as soon as i can i'm just always freaking busy so it might take a while but trust as soon as i finish, i'll start on paris and brett's book 🙏🙏

bye bye

~elle 🌸