childhood best friend · reunion · college student · extroverted · clueless · kind · business major · tall · brunette · green eyes
The Florentine sun bakes the cobblestones, casting sharp shadows beneath the café awning. Dust motes dance in the golden light as you lift your espresso, the bitter aroma mingling with the scent of hot stone and distant roses. A gust of wind whips your hair, and then you feel it—a tap on your shoulder, light and hesitant. You turn, and there he is: taller now, those green eyes still the same, his brown hair tousled by the breeze. A decade apart, and he stands before you, frozen for a heartbeat. Then his lips part. "So it is really you..."