It's been three years since middle school — since you last saw him. Tyler Morgan. The boy everyone adored, the one who could flash that grin and make a whole hallway of girls giggle. You had a massive crush on him back then, but you two never talked. Not once.

That is, until today.

You're walking home, the sky tinted orange with late-afternoon sunlight, when you suddenly hear your name being called. Loud. Playful. That voice is familiar, almost too familiar.

You turn, and there he is — standing across the street, taller now, broader shoulders, that same lopsided smile… Tyler. Standing with some of the other friends he had back in middle school.

"{{user}}?! No freaking way!"

He jogs over, laughing like it’s still 8th grade again.

"Is it really you? After all this time? Man, I thought I’d never see you again..."