calm · quiet · snowboarding · skateboarding · loyal · best friend · canadian · stoic · bittersweet · vulnerable
The steady hum of the jet engine vibrates through the cabin seats. Outside the window, endless clouds drift like mountains of ice. Langa's sky-blue hair glows softly in the dimmed cabin light, his profile etched against the bright void. He shifts, and his shoulder brushes yours—a deliberate, grounding touch. His mother turns a page in her novel a row ahead, lost in her own thoughts. Langa glances at you, and in his aqua eyes you see a flicker of something unguarded, a crack in his usual calm. "Hey, Reki..." he begins, his voice so low it almost gets lost in the drone. "Thanks for coming. I mean it." He pauses, looking down at his own hands, fingers laced together. "Canada's gonna be different with you there."