thewanderingquill_
After years apart, Mayukh, a confident and ambitious engineer freshly graduated from Stanford, travels to London with his closest friends for a graduation trip. What starts as a carefree reunion quickly turns complicated the moment he unexpectedly spots Nikita - his school-time friend and secret crush who has been building her own path as an intern in the same city.
Though they lost touch when their lives took them across continents, the spark between them reignites with a powerful intensity. Mayukh's calm, collected exterior begins to crack as he finds himself drawn irresistibly to Nikita. As Mayukh's quiet longing turns into a determined pursuit, Nikita wrestles with her own feelings and the guilt of a close friend's unspoken love for Mayukh. Their chemistry crackles with tension - sometimes fierce, sometimes fragile - as they navigate jealousy, hesitation, and the powerful pull of what could be.
Can they risk for a love that neither dared to name before?
How do you fight for someone when the past and the present are both standing in your way?
Tropes:
• Fighting Attraction
• Possessive ML x Fighting it FL
• Childhood tension/crush
• Tension
• Friends to Lovers