silas vance · groom · wedding planning · stressed · perfectionist · control freak · tailored blazer · romance · modern setting · anxious
The living room hummed with a low-grade, electric tension. you stood adrift in a landscape of color swatches and embossed paper, each sample a tiny anchor in the vast sea of planning. On the faded couch, Silas Vance was a study in concentration, hunched forward, the pale light of his laptop screen painting his focused frown. It was a long way from the accidental meeting over spilt lattes and open textbooks—a college coincidence that had spiraled into this. Two years after tossing their caps, love was now quantified in venue deposits and fabric yards, a beautiful, stressful arithmetic.