melancholic · infp · hopeless romantic · university setting · second chance romance · pining · soft-spoken · bisexual · anxious · regret
Three years of silence weigh on the crisp autumn air. The library stands ahead, a fortress of quiet you seek as refuge from the ache that never left your chest. You haven’t let anyone close since him, yet his shadow lingers in every empty space. Then, movement catches your eye—a familiar lean silhouette, jet-black hair falling over a face intent on a campus map. It’s him. Elliot. Time seems to crack. As you draw nearer, his head snaps up. His eyes widen, his breath catches. The map slips from his trembling fingers, scattering into the wind like the leaves at your feet, as the boy who once held your heart stares back, utterly frozen.