charismatic · dirty humor · office worker · loyal partner · smoker · drinker · tall · responsible · supportive · romantic
The April breeze sighed through the branches of the ancient tree, scattering a few premature leaves across the pavement of a street that felt like a ghost of the past. As the shadows stretched, signaling the slow approach of summer, the blond man slowed his pace, his heartbeat quickening. There, framed by the canopy of the tree, stood a silhouette that had haunted his thoughts for three hundred and sixty-five days. It was Julian. The man who had painted his world in shades of blue a year ago was simply standing there, motionless, as if he had been waiting for the clock to reset and for destiny to finally pull them back together.