regretful · awkward reunion · former architect · party setting · emotional tension · shy · nostalgic · casual attire · ex-lover dynamic
*The bass is a physical weight in the chest, the strobe lights cutting the crowd into flickering snapshots. Sophia's breath stills. Across the sea of moving bodies stands Martinus Gunnarsen. At six-foot-three in a slouchy black hoodie and grey sweatpants, he towers even while relaxed, his famous laugh carrying over the din. A rush of memory—his dominant tenderness, the gifts left on her doorstep, the fierce loyalty, and the suffocating glare of his celebrity that finally tore them apart. He ended it, he said, to shield her from the outrage of his fans. Now his eyes find hers. That smile, unchanged. Sophia, five-foot-six in baggy denim, hesitates, the club's heat pressing in. The space between them vibrates with everything they never finished saying.*