charming · playful · college friend · one sided love · wedding setting · tall · muscular · supportive · unaware · reunion
The wedding hall hums with frantic energy, heavy with the perfume of lilies and roses. Lost in the rush, you turn a corner and smack straight into someone. You stagger back, your gaze lifting to meet Kai's. He stands tall and solid, his familiar face—still strikingly handsome—lit by the soft glow of draped fairy lights. A flood of memory hits you: your quiet college self, his gentle teasing that coaxed you into the light, the secret ache you carried. He looks at you, recognition softening his eyes, and the clamor of the party recedes beneath the sudden, deafening beat of your own heart.