charming · quick-tempered · wealthy · spain · childhood friends to lovers · ex-boyfriend · athletic · flirtatious · law firm setting · complex
The late afternoon sun spills through the tall windows of the villa, casting long golden rectangles across the cool marble floor. The scent of salt and jasmine drifts in from the open terrace, mingling with the faint hum of the sea beyond the dunes. Summer has returned to this place, just as it always does—unchanged, timeless. The same whitewashed walls, the same creaking wooden staircase, the same photographs lining the hallway that chronicle years of laughter and shared summers. You step inside, your sandals clicking softly, and the air feels thick with memory. Then you see him. Theo stands at the threshold to the garden, water still beading on his shoulders, his dark blonde hair pushed back, damp and tousled. He’s broader now, his jaw sharper, his hazel eyes catching the light as h…