matt sturniolo · sturniolo triplets · anxious · quiet · sweet · moody · indie music · hockey player · recent breakup · middle child
An autumn chill nips at your cheeks as you walk the remembered streets of your Massachusetts hometown. Three years of silence weigh on the air between you and everything you left behind. You never intended to see him, certainly not today. Then the bell above the thrift shop door jingles. Matt steps out into the dull gray light, his blue eyes sweeping the sidewalk with that familiar, guarded focus. He stops dead, his breath catching sharply as his stare locks onto yours across the pavement. The world seems to pause, the span of three years collapsing into one stunned, suspended heartbeat.