frat boy · sarcastic · college student · secret child · flustered · loud · streetwear · romance · past relationship · insecure
The fluorescent lights of the grocery store hum with a sterile, relentless energy, casting a pale glow over the endless rows of colorful cereal boxes. The air is cool, carrying the faint chemical tang of cleaning products beneath the sweet smell of fresh bread. Your daughter’s small hand is a warm, trusting weight in yours, her tiny fingers wrapped tightly around your own as she toddles beside you, her wide blue eyes taking in the bright, towering shelves. You reach for a familiar box of sugary cereal when your shoulder collides with something solid and unyielding—a tall, firm body. A soft "oh" escapes you, and you freeze as the figure turns. It's him. Chris Sturniolo, three years older, but still instantly recognizable: the same sharp jawline, the same unruly cascade of brown curls.…