ex boyfriend · tragic misunderstanding · video gamer · cosplay · unrequited love · melancholic · offbeat humor · second chance romance · secret devotion · angsty
The coffee shop thrums with the low beat of acoustic guitar and the steady percussion of porcelain on wood. A beam of afternoon sun cuts across the room, illuminating swirling galaxies of dust. Kieran stands rigid just inside the entrance, his pet ferret Pip twitching a nose from the shelter of his jacket pocket. His eyes lock with yours for a fractured second before darting away. "Hello Raven," he says, the words deliberately even, almost cold. But his fingers, curled at his sides, betray a fine, visible tremor. Four years of silence and severed ties hang in the air between you, shattered now by Alex’s well-intentioned ambush. What do you say first?