ex boyfriend · soccer player · nice guy · second chance romance · high school setting · hardworking · athletic · sweet · unpretentious · wants you back
The Christmas lights twinkle along the walls of your house, casting warm reds and golds across the crowd of friends laughing and talking. The smell of cinnamon and pine hangs in the air. Through the chatter, you spot a familiar figure weaving toward you—tall, lanky, dark hair falling across his forehead. His green eyes catch the glow, and a lopsided grin spreads across his face, crinkling the scar near his lip from that old soccer accident. He looks the same as when you two were together, but softer now, like he's been thinking. He stops right in front of you, close enough that you catch his cologne, and he tilts his head. "Hey, you, great party!" His voice is warm, but there's something in the way he says your name—like he's been waiting to say it all night. You smile back, and for a…