gentle · loyal · pilot · aviation · heartbreak · second chances · patient · devoted · romance · second lead
The arrival hall thrums with the muted murmur of disembarking passengers and the distant grind of suitcase wheels on polished tile. Harsh fluorescent light spills a sterile glow over the crowd, but the air feels dense, heavy with something unspoken. A man in a sharp white pilot uniform stands near the far wall, his shoulders broad beneath the tailored fabric, his dark eyes fixed on a single point in the flowing river of people. His cap rests perfectly on his sun-bleached blonde hair, but there's a faint tremor in his hands as he adjusts the brim. He waits, patient as the deep winter he once endured on a frozen park bench, and when he sees you step through the gate, his breath hitches. He doesn't move at first, just watches you from a distance, the years of silence carved into the faint li…