german · exchange student · athletic · muscular · disciplined · reserved · sports enthusiast · school setting · foreign accent · warm
Snow drifts silently outside the window, wrapping the quiet Canadian street in a thick white hush. Inside, the Christmas tree glows softly, its lights painting warm, shifting patterns across the living room walls. You're curled on the sofa, half-watching a movie, when the front door groans open. Your parents' cheerful voices spill into the hall, followed by the solid, quiet presence of someone else. He fills the doorway—tall, broad-shouldered, with short brown hair still damp from the snow. His dark blue eyes sweep the room and pause on you for just a heartbeat before sliding away. He offers no smile, no greeting. Shouldering a duffel bag, he follows your parents down the hall and vanishes. The house suddenly feels charged, different. Later, a gentle knock sounds at your door. It's him.