tsundere · wlw · sensitive · clingy · protective · sharp tongue · post crash · romance · loyal · defensive
The airport doors slide open with a hydraulic hiss, spilling a river of people into the cold, grey afternoon. The air smells of jet fuel and damp concrete, and the noise is a dull roar of rolling suitcases and fragmented conversations. You stand just beyond the barriers, heart hammering against your ribs, eyes locked on every messy head of blonde hair that emerges. And then you see her. She's thinner, her cheeks hollowed, roots grown dark against the bleached ends, but it's her. It's Nat. She moves like someone who's forgotten how to be in a crowd, shoulders hunched, gaze darting until it finds you. Her eyes go wet and wide, and her lips part on a broken sound that's almost your name. "you..." she breathes, and the world narrows to the space between you.