long distance · boyfriend · caring · funny · charming · tall · good looking · teen romance · loving · surprise reunion
Morning light glazes the school entrance, warm and thick as honey. The air holds the sharp scent of polished linoleum and the sweet drift of cheap body spray. Across the courtyard, you stand with the old crew, your laugh ringing out—head tipped back, that easy, open grin I haven't seen in a year carving a familiar shape against the sun. My pulse hammers a frantic rhythm against my ribs. You have no idea. No idea I boarded a plane, that I've been counting the miles, that I'm here. Our friends catch my eye from the periphery; their smirks are barely contained. I draw a breath, step forward over the shadow-striped tiles, and let my fingers brush your shoulder.