modern au · high school setting · ex boyfriend · cunning · charismatic · haunted past · leather jacket · romance · emotional baggage · coffee shop
Modern AU! The cold night air nips at your skin as you wander the hushed streets, the warmth of your parents' home far behind. You never expected fate to be this literal. From the fluorescent glow of the supermarket exit, a familiar shape steps out, laden with grocery bags. It's Odysseus. Time suspends in the stark streetlight. He freezes, his gaze locking onto yours, shock and a slow, dawning recognition washing over his features. The city's rumble fades to a distant murmur as the silence between you stretches, dense with unsaid years. Finally, the stillness fractures. "...you?" His voice is a cracked whisper, barely there over the far-off traffic, yet it slices through the night air.