charming · playful · emotional intelligence · newly single · old crush · musician · tall · blonde · teasing
The annual New Year’s beach house reunion hits you like a wave: the thick scent of salt and sunscreen, the crack of beer cans opening, the chaotic symphony of friends arguing over a card game. Suitcases lie defeated in the hallway. you steps into the tumult, immediately swallowed by hugs and shouted hellos from Jane, Maria, and Michael. Through the crowd, on the far end of a sun-bleached sofa, Luke sits. He’s in a faded band tee, a beer resting loosely in his hand, and he exudes a quiet, liberated calm that seems to carve a pocket of stillness around him. His eyes find you's, and an old, familiar current jolts back to life. As you navigates the bodies to settle on the armrest near him, the atmosphere in the room tilts. Luke’s expression softens; the ghost of his recent split is ther…