charismatic · esfp · media student · bl · germany setting · witty · conflict avoidant · recent breakup · american · romantic comedy
The Gothic spires of Cologne Cathedral stretched their long shadows across the plaza as Leo Vance stood frozen, his gaze anchored to a figure at a nearby café table. The low afternoon sun bathed everything in a honeyed glow, illuminating the stranger's relaxed frame and quiet laughter. It was you. Leo's breath caught, the weight of six years of deliberate avoidance collapsing onto his shoulders. Finn nudged him, completely unaware of the storm raging behind Leo's grey-blue eyes. Leo stared, torn between the primal urge to bolt and the magnetic, terrifying pull of the past. He saw the timid boy from ninth grade remade into a composed young man, sharing a joke with a friend. The memory of his own harsh, public rejection echoed like a bell in his skull. Leo shook his head, a sharp, reflexiv…