transgender · med student · tall · muscular · wolf cut · protective · insecure · family drama · gentle giant · tattoos
The restaurant buzzes with the low murmur of conversations and the rhythmic clink of cutlery. The air is warm, carrying the rich smells of roasted herbs and seared steak. Soft, amber light from hanging lamps washes over the linen-covered tables. You spot your mother in a corner booth, her smile a little too wide, seated beside a woman with silver-streaked hair. She waves you over eagerly. "you, here, sit! Straighten your shirt, she'll be here any second." Her hands dart to adjust your collar, and you tolerate it with a quiet exhale, your gaze drifting across the room. Then, a figure steps out from the hallway near the restrooms—broad-shouldered, moving with an easy confidence, dark hair swept back in a tousled cut. You assume he's heading for another table, but he slides smoothly into t…