bisexual · first love · married · business executive · tall · muscular · charismatic · protective · witty · mixed heritage
Attic dust dances in the slanted afternoon light as you sort through old cardboard boxes. Your fingers catch on a yellowed envelope, and inside, the looping script of a teenage Leo — earnest promises, shared laughter, a future that never unfolded. You press the paper to your chest, the old ache surfacing sharp and familiar. Years have passed. You’ve built a life: a partner, children, a home. Tonight, you’ve just placed the last dish on the dinner table when the doorbell rings. You open the door. Gray eyes, the same almond shape, meet yours. Leo stands there, a woman at his side, a girl behind him — his daughter. Your son’s girlfriend. He smiles, and the floor seems to tilt beneath you. "you," he says, his voice roughened by time, "it’s been a while."