Fated (A Chris Evans Series)

Salt Lake City

Chris wandered the corridor in search of Denise. She'd walked off with Anthony and Sebastian after he'd taken too long at the vending machine, deciding what kind of candy he wanted. Everyone knew he was going to go for the bag of jellybeans, so why he had to stand there and consider every other type of candy was the real question.

Chris poked his head into the green room when he heard their familiar voices, smiling when he saw Denise with Anthony and Sebastian. The four of them had been left backstage while the events manager organized the final panel the guys were due to speak at. Saturday afternoon was what they'd been looking forward to the most as it was when their professional commitments in Salt Lake City concluded. Anthony and Sebastian had a good clubbing lined up whereas Chris and Denise were just going to have a quiet and romantic dinner.

"Ed Sheeran, huh?" Anthony asked and Chris looked up from his bag of jellybeans. He smiled when he remembered he'd been the one to bestow what she'd called "the best night of my life" on her. He looked over at them from the doorway as Anthony continued, "he's a pretty talented guy. I can see why you wanted to go, so how was it?"

"It was life changing," Denise answered enthusiastically. Anthony and Sebastian laughed as she said, "no, seriously. You'll see how life changing is it when you come to our wedding. I don't know how Chris did it, but he actually got Ed-" Both Anthony and Sebastian nodded before she could finish. "Wait," she scoffed in disbelief, "do you guys already know about it?"

"Yeah," Sebastian nodded. "He was making the phone calls on set, in-between takes, and during our food breaks." Denise felt her heart ache, except this ache came from utter joy; from knowing how much Chris loved her. "It was kind of hard for us not to know before you. Whatever long and winding process he had to endure, it was obviously worth it from the look on your face. If I were him, I'd worry about you running off with Ed Sheeran at the wedding."

"As much as I love Ed, there is no-"

"Ah ha!" Chris grabbed Denise from behind and she jumped, cutting herself short. Anthony and Sebastian laughed, understanding what Chris meant when he said Denise was easy to scare. "I was wondering where you wandered off to, I turned and you were gone." He kissed her cheek and she blushed when she saw the smirks on Anthony and Sebastian's faces.

"I never took Chris for a PDA person, but clearly that was because he hadn't met the right girl." Anthony remarked and Chris chuckled, releasing Denise to stand beside her and simply hold her hand. "It's cute, don't get me wrong. It's a little diabetic," Anthony teased, "but still cute."

"So cute," Sebastian cooed, "like straight up couple goals."

Like Chris had planned, he and Denise flew from Boston to Salt Lake City to join a small handful of his 'Avengers: Infinity War' cast, speaking at a panel for the Salt Lake City Comic-Con. It was traditional for the events to be scattered over a weekend, usually starting on a Friday. This wasn't Chris' first time, he knew if Friday was the first event all cast members due were arriving by Thursday afternoon at the latest. Even if said panelist/special guest only had a one day commitment, they were still allowed to have Thursday morning until Monday afternoon.

Chris' commitments consisted of one panel and two photo-op sessions, however he was lucky because all his events were jam-packed into one day; seven hours starting bright and early on at 7:30AM on a Saturday. It was because of this schedule that he'd managed to plan the very long weekend with Denise where they got to see their future home, and where she got to check Ed Sheeran's name off her bucket list twice. It was needless to say the weekend had been spent in an abundance of joy.