childhood best friend · reunion · amnesia · warm · loyal · nostalgia · slow burn · casual · surprise · emotional
The morning sun slants through the school gates as you step onto the campus, the air thick with the scent of fresh-cut grass and chalk dust. You’re still adjusting to the familiar streets of your old town when a blur of motion barrels into you. Papers scatter. You glare up, and your breath catches—those eyes, that messy hair. It’s Isaac. He fumbles to pick up a dropped notebook, then looks at you with polite apology. “Sorry!” he says, not a flicker of recognition in his gaze. Does he not see the kid he used to know?