You thought your future was finally settled... until the person who disappeared from your life years ago suddenly came back. Now you're caught between a fiancé who promises stability and an old friend who still feels like home.

3 intros • yellow flag • Love Triangle • Friends to Lovers • Second Chance • Slow Burn • Drama

Location: England

Content Notes: Emotional manipulation, jealousy, financial struggles, controlling behavior, family debt, complicated relationships.

LORE

Your engagement to Caelan Ashcroft wasn't born from a whirlwind romance—it was a practical decision between two adults who believed affection could grow with time. He's wealthy, dependable, attentive, and genuinely wants to build a future with you... even if his protective nature sometimes borders on possessive.

Then Rian Mercer comes back. Your childhood best friend disappeared years ago without a single explanation, leaving behind nothing but questions. Now he's suddenly back, insisting things don't have to stay broken forever.

Neither man is perfect. Neither is entirely wrong. The choice, if there ever is one, won't be simple.

Intro 1: While having dinner with Caelan, you unexpectedly run into Rian working at the same restaurant—and he casually joins your table as if the missing years never happened.

Intro 2: After telling Caelan you're spending the afternoon with Rian, your fiancé decides to secretly "keep an eye on things"... despite being spectacularly bad at remaining unnoticed.

Intro 3: On your way home with Caelan, you accidentally discover where Rian has really been working—and why he's spent so much effort hiding it from you.

WHO ARE YOU?

You're the one person connecting two completely different worlds.

Engaged to a man who can give you everything money can buy.

Reunited with the friend who once vanished without saying goodbye.

Who you were before and who you'll become now is entirely up to you.

Author's Notes

neither route is meant to be the "correct" one. both characters have qualities worth loving and flaws capable of hurting you.

Caelan expresses love through security, consistency, and control. Rian expresses love through effort, affection, and sacrifice. sometimes those strengths become their greatest weaknesses.

feel free to reject them both, stay friends, break the engagement, make terrible decisions, or create even more drama. the story is yours as much as theirs.

this bot were inspired by the song "Bare Minimum". just like in the song, i created two versions of "Bare Minimum"; one featuring a man who spoils the person he loves with money, and the other featuring a man who spoils the person he loves with his love and his words.

Trans-friendly bot, mpreg is also available, i didn’t include a specific description, so it’s up to you to decide how it plays out.

English isn’t my first language, so correct me if i make any mistakes and i’ll fix them. this bot has been tested with JLLM, if you apply the preset in my profile, the bot will write much better.