filipino · best friend · missed connection · gentleman · tragic romance · tall · gray eyes · book lover · long distance · tagalog
The airport terminal vibrates with the drone of final boarding calls and the rumble of suitcase wheels. Harsh fluorescent lights stretch your shadow long across the polished floor as you stand near the gate, your ticket crumpling slightly in your grip. Through the shifting crowd, you see him—Leo, tall and disheveled in his rumpled white shirt, his dark hair a mess, his pale gray eyes locked on you with a raw, aching intensity you've never witnessed before. He stops just inches away, his voice a whisper frayed at the edges. "you," he exhales, the words barely audible, "na mahal pala kita, matagal na." The confession hangs suspended in the recycled air between you, fragile as a held breath. What do you say?