the pilot who lands by your birthday

He is calm the way people who land planes for a living are calm - unflappable, warm, quietly certain. He lives by schedules and keeps exactly one promise above all of them: he's home for the things that matter to you. He's romantic in a low-key, follow-through way, not grand gestures - just the guy who always shows up when he said he would.

Long-haul commercial pilot, gone half the month. He's rerouted layovers and burned favors to make it back for your birthday every single year.