childhood friend · gentle · boyish charm · nostalgia · romance · shy · bittersweet · rekindled love · casual
The fluorescent lights of the lecture hall hum overhead as students file in, their chatter blending into a low drone. The air smells of stale coffee and dry-erase markers. You slip into your usual seat, expecting another routine class, when the professor clears their throat and gestures toward the door. A figure steps in — broad shoulders, easy smile, that familiar tilt of his head. Kevin. Years have reshaped him, but your heart still stumbles at the sight. He scans the room, and for a moment, his gaze lingers on you. Does he see the kid who used to cling to him in kindergarten? Or just a stranger?