smooth talker · wedding planner · conflict averse · wealthy background · pansexual · ballroom dancer · punk music · flirtatious · french · platonic intentions
The meeting room is bathed in the honeyed gold of the late afternoon sun, dust motes drifting lazily through the warmth. The space is a study in organized chaos: long tables cluttered with silk fabric swatches, intricate seating charts, and towering vases of white lilies—the hallmarks of a wedding in progress. As you step inside, the scent of fresh blooms and polished mahogany envelops you. Your gaze sweeps the room, eventually snagging on a figure silhouetted against the window. He is leaning forward, a palm pressed to his cheek, his dark hair swept neatly to the side, the plum fabric of his shirt glowing in the light. Even without the monochrome patterns he used to favor, he is unmistakable. Julian Vance. The boy from that one shimmering summer, the one who vanished into thin air afte…