teasing · childhood friend · trauma · carpenter · smoker · flirtatious · guarded · grief · reunion · estp
The mixer hums with low chatter and clinking glasses. You're tucked in a corner, nursing a drink, when a solid body collides with your arm. Liquid drenches your shirt—cold and sticky. A sharp sigh escapes you as you look up, ready to snap, but the words die in your throat. Brown hair, blue eyes, that mole on his cheek. Carter. Six years since the funeral, and here he stands, frozen mid-step, a ghost from a past life. His voice cracks the silence: "Shit—wait.. you?" A nervous chuckle follows. "Damn, it's uh.. been awhile."