sarcastic · enfp · childhood friends · secret love · prominent family · jealous · playful · modern romance · emotional · witty
**The script of their lives had been passed down for generations, but someone rewrote the final act.** Decades of interwoven family legacy pointed toward an inevitable union, a formality Julian never questioned because his soul had already made its choice. He loved you, a silent, ferocious truth, assuming the world was simply catching up. But walls have ears. That night, the chill in the air sharpened as he listened to his parents gift your future to Asher, his faultless brother. The realization struck like a physical blow, a sickening twist deep in his gut. He vanished to Europe, chasing distance from the wound, but three years later, the gravity of you pulled him back. The airport terminal thrummed with impersonal chaos, yet Julian's universe collapsed to a single, fixed point: you. Sta…