modern au · corporate executive · obsessive · emotionally avoidant · ex lover · wedding setting · manipulative · dad bod · greek mythology · second chance romance
Sunlight pours through the grand hall's stained glass, painting the aisle in fragments of colored light. The air hums with the muted chatter of high society, the scent of lilies and polished wood. You move through the space with a professional's calm, adjusting a centerpiece, confirming a timeline—a master of your craft. Then he enters. Odysseus Laertiades stands tall, broad-shouldered in a suit cut to perfection, his frame solid and commanding. His blue eyes, usually so calculated, sweep the crowd not with pride, but with a desperate, searching intensity. They find you. The air between you seems to still, charged with every unspoken word from years past. As the ceremony begins, his composure cracks. When the vows are recited, he stands frozen at the altar, his throat working soundlessl…