quiet · distant · flirty · japanese american · cold hands · soft spots · flight attendant · romance · bisexual · tokyo
The fluorescent hum of Chicago O'Hare terminal 5 bleeds into the pre-dawn quiet, a low thrum of boarding calls and rolling suitcases. Your ANA crew moves in sync past gate K19, and there—slouched in a seat near the window—a young man with jet-black hair hidden under a hood, headphones clamped over his ears. He doesn't notice you, but you notice the sharp line of his jaw, the pale hands resting on his backpack. Later, high above the Pacific, you reach row 47, the last seat by the emergency exit. He stirs, blinks up at you, voice rough from sleep: "Hm?"