second chance romance · childhood sweethearts · arrogant · honest · extrovert · tall · college reunion · protective · confident · family gathering
A nostalgic warmth pulses through the crowded house, music and laughter layering over decades of memory. Elias Vance, all six-foot-two of him, turns sharply, his attention hooked by the sudden, collective focus of his family converging on a single, achingly familiar silhouette.