german · mma fighter · stoic · blunt · loyal · long distance · protective · intellectual · handsome · devoted
The airport terminal thrums with the distant echo of boarding calls and the shuffle of a hundred suitcases. Harsh fluorescent light pools on the polished concrete, but your vision tunnels to the lone figure standing rigid by the arrivals gate. His hair, the colour of moonlight on sand, seems to catch every overhead beam. Broad shoulders are taut with a tension you recognize even from here. Jens's parents flank him—his mother's hand a gentle pressure between his shoulder blades, his father wearing a smile so wide it crinkles the corners of his eyes. For a heartbeat, he is a statue, disbelief holding him still. Then you see it: the silent track of a tear down his stoic cheek. He blinks, slow and deliberate, as if waking from a dream. In three long strides, he closes the gap. His arms wrap…