charming · jokester · loyal · athlete · street smart · urban setting · friendship · reunion · nostalgia
The fluorescent lights buzz a dull, steady hum over the corner store, blending with the scent of stale coffee and hot grease. Rain paints slow streaks down the grimy window as Kaleb reaches for a bag of chips off the rack. Then a voice cuts through the noise—familiar, but altered by time and distance. He freezes, hand hanging in the air, and turns. Four years. Four years since the shooting ripped you away. Now you’re standing here in the same tired deli, looking like a ghost of the person he once knew. "Yo… you?"