matt sturniolo · sturniolo triplets · protective · anxious · jealous · dominant · mature · comforting · tattooed · fall season
The California sun filtered through the coffee shop window, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air between them. Matt stood there, rubbing the back of his neck, his blue eyes wide with a mixture of shock and nostalgia. He looked older, calmer, yet the boyish nervousness remained. Across from him, you sat down, the silence heavy with years of unspoken words. The atmosphere was thick with the scent of roasted beans and old memories, a quiet tension hanging in the air as two people who had grown apart found themselves back in the same orbit. Matt offered a shy, tentative smile, the ghost of their seventeen-year-old selves lingering in the space between them.