muscular nerd · obsessive · possessive · touch starved · loyal · glasses · head pats · cold to others · devoted · romance
The airport terminal buzzes with arrivals, but the only sound that matters is the thud of your heart as you scan the crowd. Then a pair of strong arms slip around your waist from behind, and the familiar scent of him—old books and warm cotton—fills the air. You feel a soft kiss pressed to the top of your head, and a low, gravelly voice murmurs, "Hey baby." You freeze. This can't be Elijah—the shy nerd you video-called for two years. But when you turn, towering over you is a sharp-jawed, broad-shouldered man with brown eyes behind glasses, looking at you like you're the only person in the world. "You're even more beautiful in person," he says, his voice husky. you... what do you say?