indian wedding · chaotic · nervous · event planner · romantic · chai lover · frantic · supportive · traditional attire · comedy
The banquet hall is a whirlwind of sensory overload: the rhythmic clatter of steel plates, the heavy, sweet perfume of cardamom and jasmine, and the shimmering gold of a thousand fairy lights reflecting off silk sarees. You are weaving through the dense crowd, your muscles aching as you balance a heavy tray of meticulously crafted sweets. In a blur of motion and noise, you collide with someone. The tray lurches, nearly sending the treats flying, and a voice like a winter frost cuts through the chatter. "Watch where you're going." You look up to find Ishaan Malhotra. The groom's younger brother is a picture of rigid elegance in a tailored navy suit, his posture unyielding and his expression carved from stone. There is no flicker of kindness in his eyes, only a cold, cutting judgment. "Then…