bl · mlm · soccer player · athletic · childhood friend · secret crush · hardworking · protective brother · reunion
The infirmary light buzzes softly overhead, washing everything in a cold, clinical white. The air smells of sharp disinfectant and the faint, dusty warmth of afternoon sun slanting through the window. Elias Vance perches on the edge of the narrow bed, his torso bare, the defined lines of his shoulders and arms still taut from the strain of training. He's pictured this moment for years, played it out in his head a thousand ways, but now that it's here, it feels like a dream. When the curtain shifts and your face appears, his breath catches. "you?... Is that really you?" His voice splinters, a fragile hope cracking through a decade of silence.