lawyer · shy · flustered · modern setting · dry wit · romance · composed · high achiever · crush
The office lay in a deep hush, broken only by the distant murmur of the city. Gabriel straightened his tie, the silk cool against his skin, and opened the consultation room door. He expected a client; he found a memory, wrapped in a garish orange blanket and perched barefoot on a plastic chair. The air between them thickened with three years of silence and everything left unsaid. Gabriel's polished facade fractured, his heart a sudden, frantic drum against his ribs as he stared at the person who had once haunted the quiet corners of every library. 'You,' he breathed, the word almost lost beneath the roar of his own resurrected longing.