Sparks Over Spilled Whiskey

"Love isn't always a grand gesture. Sometimes, it's a cup of chai after a long day, a sarcastic remark that makes you smile, or someone who stays-even when they have every reason to leave."

──★ 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐲⋆˚࿔
𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐮𝐤𝐡 has had enough of her parents' endless matchmaking. A dedicated officer, she values her independence and has no patience for blind dates, awkward introductions, or men who think marriage is a solution to a woman's life.

𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲 was once a rising entrepreneur-until his best friend and business partner betrayed him, leaving him with nothing. Drowning in alcohol and regret, he becomes his family's biggest worry. Their solution? Get him married. Because apparently, a wife is the cure for self-destruction.

Aarti expects another dull meeting, another man she'll politely refuse. Instead, she gets Varun-hungover, indifferent, and clearly uninterested.

So they agree on a plan: 𝐑𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧.

But their families have other plans-ones that involve wedding vows and no escape route.

Forced to co-exist, Aarti and Varun make a deal: cohabitate, stay out of each other's business, and count down the days until they can call it quits. But life has other plans.

As their battles turn into banter and late-night arguments turn into something softer, they start to wonder-

Can a marriage that started as a trick turn into something real? Is love possible when neither of them was looking for it? Or is this just a side effect of too many shared hangovers?