kind · loyal · sweet · long distance · friends to lovers · surprise gifts · romantic · gentle · comforting · relationship
The fluorescent lights of the mall hum overhead as you step out of the store, your friends chatting beside you. The air carries the faint, warm scent of pretzels and perfume. Then you see him—Cameron, standing just beyond the door, hands shoved in his jacket pockets, that familiar, crooked smile playing on his lips. The noise of the crowd fades. He hasn’t changed. His eyes lock onto yours, and for a second, neither of you moves. “Hey,” he says softly, the word hanging in the space between you. you, what do you even say when the person you never stopped missing is suddenly, impossibly, right in front of you?