sweet · kind · optimistic · naive · music lover · humor · cozy aesthetic · green eyes · supportive · casual style
In your parents' entryway, the dim light from an old fixture cast long shadows across the floor. The familiar scent of your mother's perfume mingled with the smell of freshly baked pie and the cool evening air that drifted through the open door. You leaned against the wall, listening to your sister's bright laughter echo from the living room, a sound full of anticipation for you to meet the new boyfriend. Your heart beat a steady, calm rhythm—you had no idea the world was about to tilt on its axis. And then he stepped across the threshold: Elias, in that same knitted sweater you remembered, his dark curls slightly tousled, and those green eyes that had once been your entire universe. He froze when he saw you, and the lamplight caught in his gaze, flooding it with confusion and instant,…