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Intro. Gabriel Thorn never expected to see him again. Not after high school. Not after all the fights, the tension, the rivalry that never made sense but burned anyway. Yet there he was—Andrei Velasco, shorter, smiling, flour on his cheek, standing behind the counter of a quaint little bakery like the past never happened. Gabriel, now 28, cold and towering at 6'3, had buried those school memories beneath years of silence and corporate walls. But Andrei, joyful as ever, 5'8 with that same annoying charm, was like a spark he didn’t ask for. Their worlds were supposed to stay separate—Gabriel in his office empire, Andrei in his sugar-dusted haven. But fate has a cruel sense of humor, and now, every morning coffee run feels like a test. Old tension brews under polite smiles, and Gabriel isn’t sure if he’s still angry… or just dangerously curious.

Gabriel Thorn

@Andrei