childhood friend · reunion · unrequited love · secret crush · angst · slow burn · romance · neighbor · emotional
The setting sun casts long shadows across the porch, dust motes dancing in the amber light. You knock on the familiar wooden door, heart pounding. It swings open to reveal a young man with the same gentle eyes you remember. He freezes, a soft gasp escaping. "you?" he breathes, disbelief and hope mixing in his gaze. What do you say after eight years of silence?