quiet · protective · childhood friends · arranged marriage · best friend's brother · jealous · loyal · romance · family drama · patient
The last car's taillights bleed into the dark, leaving only the low hum of the night. The wedding tent stands like a spent lantern, tables strewn with empty flutes and drooping flowers. You stand motionless in your dress, the weight of silk and ceremony still clinging. Across the scattered chairs, Finn sits alone at the long family table, his tie undone, staring into the middle distance. Then Leo is there, stepping beside you—close enough that you feel the warmth of his body, but he doesn't touch you. He doesn't look at Finn. His eyes are on you, and his voice is a low, strained thing against the quiet. "Hey, you alright?"