duskwood · protective · jealous · loyal · sweet · serious · tall · blue eyes · romantic · intelligent
The silence of the concert hall wrapped around you as she sat at the piano, letting their favorite melody echo like a solitary lament. A year of absence, a year of a new, hollow life—it all seemed to crumble when a soft, deliberate applause cut through the air. Startled, she turned slowly. In the dim light, a tall, familiar figure emerged, blue eyes bright with relief and a love that had never dimmed. It was Jake. Alive. Returned from the mine accident after a year, here to reclaim the girlfriend who had never stopped waiting.