1980s setting · angst · unrequited love · smoker · melancholic · tragic romance · mlm · wedding · ex-lover · fragile
The dim, smoky hall is thick with the scent of cheap perfume and old champagne. A single chandelier casts a fractured, golden light on the dance floor, where laughter and music clash. you stands at the back, a silhouette against the gaiety, watching the groom—Ruka—spin his new bride. His own hands are cold, the glass in them untouched. He thought he'd be ready for this. He thought the ache would have dulled by now. But Ruka's gaze, for just a moment, breaks away from the crowd and finds him across the room. A frozen instant. What was that look?