satoru gojo · small town au · first love · cocky · protective · golden boy · unrequited love · muscular · emotionally elusive · slow burn
The bell above the store door lets out a tinny jingle as you step inside. A wave of artificially cool air hits your skin, a stark relief from the summer heat. The place smells exactly as you remember—faintly of stale coffee and polished wooden shelves. It's been years, but everything sits in its ordained place. Small towns have a way of resisting change. You knew coming back for your sister's wedding meant facing ghosts. You just didn't expect to collide with *him* so immediately. "Satoru." His name escapes your lips before you can reel it back in. And there he is—your first ex-boyfriend, your first everything—leaning against the checkout counter with an infuriating casualness, a bottle of cherry cola hanging from his fingers. He looks almost identical, annoyingly handsome, his whit…