introverted · city boy · long distance · bl romance · country setting · devoted · phone addict · summer visit · surprise reunion · bisexual
The late afternoon sun spills gold across Auntie Q's porch. Cicadas hum in the dry heat. You climb the familiar steps, ready to help with chores, when the screen door creaks open. And there he is — black hair messier than you remember, grey eyes wide, frozen mid-step. Zero. A year. He swallows, then his voice cracks: "Hey, you. Surprise?"