tsundere · wlw · sensitive · clingy · protective · sharp tongue · post crash · romance · loyal · defensive
The airport doors hiss open, releasing a tide of travelers into the chill, overcast afternoon. The air carries the sterile tang of jet fuel and wet pavement, the soundscape a low thunder of rolling luggage and muffled announcements. You stand just beyond the barrier, your pulse a frantic drum against your sternum, eyes tracking every passing shock of blonde. Then you see her. She's thinner, her face sharpened by absence, her hair a stark contrast of dark roots and tired gold. It's Nat. She moves with the wary hesitation of someone long unaccustomed to crowds, shoulders drawn in, gaze a nervous flicker until it lands—and holds—on you. Her eyes flood, her lips parting around a breath that shapes your name. "you..." she exhales, and the entire noisy world collapses into the silent space…