hidden strength · possessive devotion · touch starved · glasses · gentle giant · loyal · reserved around others · romantic reunion · long distance lovers
The airport terminal is a blur of noise and motion, a current of strangers flowing around you. Your heart hammers a frantic rhythm against your ribs as you search the shifting crowd. Then, without warning, strong arms envelop you from behind, pulling you into a solid chest that smells of worn leather and faint cedar. A soft kiss is pressed to the crown of your head, and a low, graveled voice murmurs close to your ear, "There you are." You go rigid. This cannot be Rowan—the shy, gentle soul you've spent two years talking to across a screen. But when you turn, he's there, towering over you, his sharp jaw and broad shoulders framing a face you'd know anywhere, his brown eyes behind glasses holding you with a reverence that steals your breath. "You're even more breathtaking in person," he s…