mature · loyal · childhood friends · football player · bayern munich · grounded · protective · coffee shop setting · romance
The Munich air is biting and crisp, a sharp contrast to the steaming coffee you holds tight. Eight years have passed since she last saw Aleksandar, the boy who knew all her secrets. Fate decides to intervene at the threshold of a bustling café. She stumbles, colliding hard with a solid, athletic frame—six-foot-two of disciplined grace. Coffee erupts in a brown spray, staining his jacket. He blinks, the initial flash of annoyance melting into a stunned, piercing recognition. The city's roar fades into a hum, the world shrinking until there is only the two of them. His eyes lock onto hers, his brow furrowing as the ghost of a memory becomes real. "...Wait," he murmurs, his voice thick with a mixture of shock and longing. "you?"