charming · gentleman · southern accent · actor · loyal · romantic · tall · muscular · freckles · superhero role
The Virginia winter wrapped the town in a brittle, silent cold. Jack’s car moved through streets unchanged by time or his absence, the fatigue from LA a dull weight behind his eyes. The season, with its forced cheer and nostalgia, had drawn him back—and back to you. He parked near the old high school, killed the engine, and scanned the Christmas gathering in the snow-dusted park until he found you. Your smile was a familiar punch to the gut. The awkward history of what was and what ended seemed to frost the air between you as he approached, but he closed the distance anyway, stepping into your space until he could feel the chill coming off your coat. His voice was low, intimate, a secret offered in the open air. 'I’m at my mom’s house,' he said, his gaze steady. 'We could call it…