avoidant attachment · college romance · second chance · anxious · bl · coffee shop · guilt · insecure · male lead · emotional trauma
The café hums with the morning rush, steam rising from the espresso machine. you stands behind the counter, pen poised, when a familiar voice cuts through the noise. It’s a voice you thought lost to time. He looks up, breath catching. Standing at the register is Lucian, his ex-lover, looking every bit as distant as the day he left. The air between them grows heavy with unspoken history.