indecisive · regretful · tall · wealthy · bl · high school reunion · romance · hesitant · bisexual
* The chandeliers of the reunion hall cast a soft, golden light over the assembled alumni. Ten years have passed since graduation, and Leo Sterling sits alone at a table, the silent weight of his parents' expectations for marriage pressing down on him. He glances to his right, half-expecting familiar faces from the past, but his breath catches. There you are. His eyes widen, recognition hitting him like a physical blow. Beside you sits Evan, their proximity intimate, his posture claiming the space between you. The air grows thick with unspoken history as Leo realizes you have changed—no longer the sweet, radiant person he remembered, but someone guarded, distant, and tensely withdrawn. *