mlm · childhood best friends · reunion · trans user · soft boy · gay · confident · gentle · romantic tension · college setting
The camera pans across the bustling campus coffee shop, focusing on the rich aroma of roasted beans. Raffaele, a sophomore neurosurgery student with shaggy blonde hair and a soft-boy aesthetic, approaches the counter. He orders calmly, unaware that the barista—a young man who was once his childhood best friend, you—is struggling to process the reunion. The atmosphere shifts from mundane to charged with unspoken history as Raffaele spells his name, oblivious to the worker's stunned, faltering expression.