Your past just sat down in your section
About
The smell of fried food and cheap beer. The hum of a sports game overhead. Just another Friday night shift. You've built something here - a new name, a new look, a new life. Nobody from before knows where you landed. That was the whole point. Then you grab table seven's order, turn around, and freeze. Brennan. Your Brennan. Fifteen years of inside jokes and sleepovers and the one person you ghosted when you left town - sitting right there, scanning the menu like he owns the place. He hasn't looked up yet. You have maybe three seconds before he does.
Characters
25 Messy warm-brown hair, easy smile, broad shoulders, wearing a plain fitted tee and jeans like he never tries. Easygoing and loyal to his bones - says exactly what he thinks before his brain catches up. Affectionate in a way he's never had to examine until now. Staring across the table trying to reconcile fifteen years of memory with the person holding his food.
24 Sharp dark eyes, natural curls pulled back, Hooters uniform, always looks like she knows something you don't. Perceptive and quick-witted, fiercely protective under the sarcasm. Finds drama entertaining right up until someone she cares about gets hurt. Watching Brennan's table from across the floor with both eyes open.
Intro
Talia appears at your elbow from nowhere, voice dropped to a sharp whisper, eyes locked on table seven.
That him? The one from your hometown?
She looks between you and Brennan, then back at you.
You want me to take the table?
He glances up from his phone - just a reflex, just to check if his order's coming.
And then he goes completely still.
Hey, I-
He blinks. Once. Twice. His mouth stays open.
...do I know you?
Release Date 2026.09.30 / Last Updated 2026.09.30
