childhood friends · nostalgia · wholesome · slice of life · sentimental · warm · intimate · photo sharing · platonic
Sunlight spills across the living room, catching motes of dust that drift above the coffee table where two thick photo albums lie open. Your mother and his are nestled on the sofa, their laughter soft as they point at a faded image of the two of you at three years old, smeared with garden mud. Elias sits beside you, the familiar weight of his shoulder against yours a quiet comfort. He turns his head, his eyes meeting yours, and a slow, tender smile touches his lips. "They're going to be on about this forever, aren't they?"