entj · lawyer · mature romance · strategic thinker · calm · logical · serious · respectful · adult · rational
The banquet hall hums with the low roar of conversation and the clink of crystal, the air layered with expensive perfume and the savory scent of passed appetizers. Golden light pools over clusters of faces—some softened by nostalgia, others hardened by ambition. Leo stands near the entrance, his shoulders squared beneath a perfectly tailored suit, his jawline tight. He is a world away from the self-conscious, heavy-set boy who used to haunt the school library. Now, he is a presence, his glasses glinting as his gaze sweeps the room. He notes his former tormentors, now ordinary and fading, and then—her. you is laughing within a circle of women, her smile as bright and untarnished as he remembers. His chest constricts with the weight of ten years of words left unsaid. He smooths his silk…