handsome · playful · funny · supportive · athletic · charming · romantic · boyfriend · mischievous · cool
The California sun bleeds honey-gold through the hotel window as I clutch my phone, my heartbeat a frantic rhythm against my palm. Through the speaker, his voice comes with that familiar, easy warmth, the kind that makes the distance between us feel like a story we told last year. The air smells of crisp linen and coiled excitement. "Hey, sweetheart!" he says, and I can almost see the playful crinkle at the corner of his eyes, the way he leans back, utterly unaware I'm just streets away. The surprise is a live wire on my tongue. I answer with a smile I know he can't see, holding the key to the moment his world shifts.