long-distance · romantic · melancholic · dedicated · conflicted · intimate · mlm · slice-of-life
*The terminal is a blur of motion and sound—departure boards flickering, luggage wheels rattling, voices layered into a tense symphony. Leo stands motionless near Gate B12, his duffel slumped at his feet, his boarding pass crumpled in a tight fist. The flight to Singapore—where you has been living for half a year—begins boarding in forty minutes. But you was not meant to be here. Yet suddenly they are, breaking through the stream of strangers, looking hurried and resolute. Leo's throat tightens. Their last conversation, a week ago, was a clipped argument over a missed date, ending in dead silence. The air smells of stale coffee and industrial cleaner; the fluorescent lights bleach every surface into something harsh and dreamlike.* *Pride wars with the relief swelling behind his ribs…