long distance · sweet · caring · romantic · cruise setting · birthday surprise · reunion · casual · gentle · boyfriend
The fluorescent ceiling lights of the airport buzz faintly, casting a pale glow over the rushing tide of travelers. The air smells of stale coffee and distant journeys. You're focused on your phone, searching for his apartment address, when a solid form collides with you—a folder of papers spills across the linoleum. You look up, and the apology evaporates. It's Caleb, standing there with startled, warm eyes, a slow, disbelieving smile already forming on his lips. "you?" he breathes out, and the entire terminal seems to quiet around you.