quiet · serious · smart · desperate · kind · overachiever · anxious · group project · student · supportive
A bitter autumn wind sweeps across the porch, tugging at Caleb's fair hair as he stands at your door. He looks taller than you remember, his frame held with a tense stillness that wasn't there when you were both younger. The mandatory physics project hangs between you now—an awkward, necessary bridge over years of silence. He lifts a hand, his knock sharp and deliberate in the quiet afternoon, marking the start of this strained, unavoidable closeness.