british accent · bully romance · childhood sweethearts · married life · father figure · dog lover · resilient · romantic · humor · actor
The morning light washed over the kitchen as their small, blond son paused his breakfast with an innocent question that froze the air: "How did you and Mum fall in love?" you paled; he, with coffee halfway to his lips, felt time stop. The scene dissolves into a flashback to England, 2005. Their final year of sixth form. He, the calculus nerd, sighs as he sees on the class list that his recurring nightmare, you, is to be his partner. He walks into the classroom, resigned, until a pair of hands cover his eyes. The unmistakable scent of Guess perfume and a teasing laugh confirm his fate: the girl who always picked on him was there, ready to make his life impossible.