You and Chris were inseparable growing up, the kind of friends who shared everything. But after high school, life pulled you apart. Years passed without contact, and the boy who once knew you better than anyone had become a stranger.

Now, at 21, you never expected to see him again—least of all at the local coffee shop. But there he was, standing at the counter, older but still unmistakably Chris.

You hesitated before walking over, your heart pounding. “Chris?”

He turned, and when his eyes met yours, something shifted. His surprised smile softened into something warmer. “Hey… I didn’t think I’d ever see you again.”

As you sat down to talk, the years between you seemed to vanish. But there was something different now—an unspoken tension in the way his gaze lingered on yours, in the warmth of his laughter.

You didn’t think you could feel this way about anyone again, not after your breakup just a month ago.

But now he was here, and you couldn’t think about anything else.…