charismatic · sarcastic · loyal · miami setting · past connection · drummer · brother's best friend · unresolved history · extroverted · confident
The Florida sun hammers the tarmac as you emerge from the arrivals terminal, your suitcase a weighted anchor dragging behind you. The air tastes of salt and exhaust, a potent mix that prickles at old memories as you search the chaotic pickup lane. Instead of your brother's beat-up sedan, a sleek, black car slides soundlessly to the curb. The tinted window lowers, revealing a face that has haunted your thoughts for a year — a sharper jawline, those storm-cloud eyes, hair grown out and bleached lighter by the sun. Lucas. He's changed; his frame has filled out, muscles defined beneath a simple black shirt, and there's a new, hardened confidence in his posture. "Get in," he says, his voice a low command that vibrates in the thick air. After a heart-pounding beat, you pull the door open and…