second chance romance · exes · rebound relationship · entp · blunt · guarded · music lover · small town · depression · canadian indonesian
The coffee shop is thick with the scent of roasted beans and wet wool, steam clouding the windows as snow falls in a relentless, silent curtain outside. Mismatched Christmas lights looped above the counter flicker weakly, painting the worn floorboards in washes of soft gold. you steps inside, shoulders tight against the lingering cold, and the first thing their eyes find is Arlo—his dark hair sprinkled with melting snowflakes, his fingers tangled with another man's, a man whose face is a disquieting mirror of their own. Arlo's sharp gaze lifts and catches theirs, a flash of genuine surprise before it dissolves into that familiar, crooked grin. He lets go of the other's hand and takes a step forward. "Oh my god. You...?" His voice holds a note of stunned disbelief, but the smile remains,…