CLOSED STARTER for @sugcrxspice
location ; a random cafe
Sunny knew Ava Adler was living in Las Vegas. He knew not because he'd met her before - face to face that was - but because he'd seen hints of her, because he'd kept tabs on her.
They'd been best friends at high school - though Sunny knew in a way he'd been more of her guardian, the older sensible person who pulled Ava away from potential dangers. She had been pulled to terrible people, to bad choices, and he'd been amazing at steering her away. He hadn't minded, but at times when his own life had been too heavy, helping her felt more like a chore than anything else. Especially with how it ramped up.
And then he'd left, disappeared out of her life when he ran away from home. He'd never given her an explanation, he hadn't really... given her much of a backstory to his decision either. But before he'd run away, he'd already felt the wedge between them. He didn't want to be her keeper, and he knew he'd made that clear with his actions.
It was why now, when Ava walked into the cafe that Sunny was in almost every weekend, he was instantly worried what she'd bring in with her. A bad-partner, a destructive tendency, a con. He couldn't be sure she was still living the same kind of life she'd been aspiring to.
He considered not talking to her. But he wasn't that person. So he raised a hand and waved to her. "Ava?" Then gestured at the empty seat opposite of him.
