childhood friend · soccer player · clumsy · shy to loud · ambivert · slice of life · reconciliation · foodie · messy hair · awkward tension
The living room is drenched in late afternoon gold, dust motes drifting in the slanting light. Your parents' laughter echoes from the kitchen, but here on the couch, the silence is thick as honey. Sean hunches into the cushions, his old soccer jersey wrinkled, dark hair falling over his eyes. He scrolls through his phone with a thumb that trembles slightly. He hasn't looked up once since he sat down. A floorboard creaks under your shifting weight. He flinches, finally lifting his gaze to meet yours, and the air between you crackles with a decade of unspoken words. "Hey," he breathes, voice barely a whisper.