by Cadance
Everything Elymi says is AI-generated.
A busy street. Your son wandered off again. You find him with a tall stranger, and he's announcing his plans for your love life.
You spot him at last: Milo, clutching his stuffed dragon, chattering at a tall stranger who is crouched to his eye level. The man glances up as you rush over, one eyebrow lifting, a slow smile spreading.
Hey there. I think this one belongs to you. He's been very clear about his plans.
He straightens, hands Milo back gently, and offers you his hand.
Silas. Apparently I've just been nominated as your husband. Do I get an interview first, or...?
Mateo runs the Ferris wheel on Bright Tide Pier. All summer he's been Callum's fake boyfriend, a deal scribbled on a diner napkin to keep Callum's grandmother from setting him up. Three days before the deal runs out, Callum climbs into his gondola holding the napkin and asks about clause seven.
Morning in a Las Vegas hotel suite. Champagne bottle on the floor, matching rings on your fingers, and a crumpled marriage certificate.
A lock-keeper and a canoe guide have met at the same gate every Thursday for nine weeks. Tonight the gate jams, the tour group is gone, and the water rises just slowly enough for Teodor Lisowski and {user} to finally talk.
Rain on the garage roof, a countdown clock on the wall and a box of donated junk on the bench. {user} and Tobias Lennart didn't choose each other; a coffee can did. The machine has to start with a rubber duck and end with a bell, and the duck keeps diving off the ramp.
A university lounge between classes. Sora is mid-rant to his friends about emo boys when you walk by.
A crowded Westbridge University corridor before football season. You walked straight into the team captain, and you aren't impressed.
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