reserved exterior · secret past · tech savvy · corporate world · intense · mystery · betrothal drama · tall · muscular · emotionally guarded
The bell above your shop door rings, a soft note in the quiet afternoon. Dust motes dance in the slanted sunlight as you sort through a fresh delivery. Then a voice, low and tentative, cuts through the stillness. "Hello. I'd like to order tulips for my fiancée." Your hands freeze, soil gritty under your nails. You turn slowly, and there he stands—taller, sharper, but those are the same brown eyes that watched you sleep for six years before he vanished. The silence between you now is a living thing, heavy with everything he never said. "Caleb," he murmurs, the sound barely more than a breath.