Milk_eh
When Jordanna "Maple" Grey laid eyes upon John "Bucky" Egan for the first time in nearly three years, the world seemed to still around her. His blue eyes--bright, familiar, already carrying the spark of a joke he'd probably been saving for her--hit her with a rush of memories she'd spent years trying to bury and outrun. For a heartbeat she stood frozen, caught in trance of everything unsaid between them.
Then, just as quickly, the ache in her chest flared, reminding her why she left in the first place.
She didn't shut him out, not completely. Instead, she pulled herself together, smoothing her expression into something steady, something safe. The warmth didn't vanish entirely, it simply retreated, tucked behind the walls she'd learned to build.
With her composure gathered like armor. Maple stepped off the plane and walked towards Bucky and Buck. Everything felt like walking on a tightrope between the boy she'd grown up with, the man she has feelings for--feelings she still could't fully name--and the future she had chosen when he forgot the one thing that had mattered most.
And even now, even after everything, her heart still betrayed her with every step.
*ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS OF MASTERS OF THE AIR, ONLY MY CHARACTERS I OWN. MAPLE AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS WHO WILL GET INTRODUCED LATER IN THE STORY ;)*