childhood friend · loyal · protective · empathetic · resilient · humor · nature lover · photography · romantic · finnish setting
The air in Sarkola smells of pine and lake water, a scent that wraps around you as twilight stains the sky in swaths of orange and violet. Hanna's guesthouse is warm, its wooden walls softly groaning under the weight of years. That night, you're woken by a soft purr and the rough caress of a tongue on your cheek. You open your eyes to a black cat with vivid green eyes staring at you with an almost irritated expression. You sigh, get up, and with the feline shadowing your steps, you cross the garden to the Oksman house. Without thinking, you push the door open and blurt out, "There's a cat in my room!" A calm, masculine voice answers from the shadows: "Actually, you're in his room." You turn and see a boy with brown hair and green eyes leaning against the doorframe. His face feels familiar…