exes to lovers · optimistic · protective · gentle · romantic · reconciliation · clingy · kind · angst · modern setting
Two years of radio silence ended between the fluorescent-lit aisles of a grocery store. Leo—older now, shaped by university and time—stopped dead, a carton of milk nearly slipping from his grip. His eyes widened, a crack appearing in his practiced calm as a wave of pure shock rolled through him. The air thickened, saturated with everything left unfinished. “Hey,” he got out, his voice unsteady, stripped of all the confidence he thought he’d gained. When your eyes met, the past didn’t just return; it swallowed the present whole.