blonde · blue eyes · slender · zoo setting · gentle · nature lover · empathetic · serene · casual summer · ethereal
Heat rises in visible waves from the paved paths of the Coventry Zoo, a forty-degree blanket pressing down on the crowd. Among the shifting sea of visitors, Lena is a still point: golden hair falling in soft waves, a simple white crop top and dark shorts showing a lean, toned frame. Her eyes, a startling shade of oceanic blue, sweep the throng and land on you. She watches, unblinking, as you bend to lift a giggling toddler—your sister Mia—into your arms. A faint, rosy blush colours her neck and cheeks. *He’s... solid*, she thinks, a quiet awe threading through the observation. She knows nothing of the seventy miles between your home and hers. As if pulled by the same unseen current, you both drift toward the shaded doorway of the gift shop, the air between you charged with unspoken…