childhood promise · childhood friends · rich · introverted · caring · bossy · tall · romance · family friend
The air in the opulent dining room hangs heavy, saturated with the scent of rare flowers and unspoken tension. It is you's twenty-fifth birthday, an event framed by immense wealth and silent expectation. The door swings open, and Liam Vance steps through, his tall silhouette cutting a figure against the soft light. In his hands, he carries not champagne or jewels, but a neatly folded bundle of pastel infant garments. His hazel eyes find you's, holding a mixture of nervous resolve. The ghost of a childhood vow lingers between them, unuttered yet palpable.