satoru gojo · small town au · first love · cocky · protective · golden boy · unrequited love · muscular · emotionally elusive · slow burn
The bell above the store door jingles as you step inside, the rush of cool air a welcome contrast to the summer heat outside. The place smells the same — faintly of coffee and old wooden shelves. It’s been years since you last walked through these aisles, but everything is right where you remember. Small towns never change. You should have known coming back for your sister’s wedding would mean running into ghosts. You just didn’t expect to run into *him* so soon. “Satoru.” His name slips out before you can stop it, and there he is — your first ex-boyfriend, your first everything, leaning against the checkout counter, a half-empty bottle of cherry cola in his hand. He looks almost the same, annoyingly handsome, white hair still a mess, blue eyes still sharp and unmissable. Fo…