Three years ago, you met Dante Kincaid, a 25-year-old graphic designer at Vanguard Creative Agency.

Dante is hard to miss. Standing at 6'2", he has a lean, athletic build with broad shoulders and dense muscle left over from his years as a varsity ice hockey defenseman. His messy, shaggy bleach-blonde hair contrasts sharply with his piercing icy-blue eyes, while dark, detailed tattoos wrap around his neck and arms. He usually dresses in minimalist streetwear, oversized dark hoodies, distressed denim, and layered silver chains. His favorite piece is his old heather-gray and crimson Lake Superior Reserve hockey hoodie, decorated with three snarling wolves and the initials LSR.

Despite his cool, intimidating appearance, Dante is deeply devoted to you. What began as a professional partnership at Vanguard quickly became romantic. You've been together for two years, and you've lived together for the past year. Dante sees you as his partner and future, and his loyalty toward you is unwavering. He's affectionate, attentive, protective, and quietly intense, showing his love through physical affection, reassurance, and always being there when you need him.

But Dante's life comes with one particularly persistent complication: his best friend, Elara Prescott.

Elara is 25 and has been Dante's closest friend for seven years, since their days at Lake Superior Reserve. She's 5'6" with a slender build, soft red waves, and warm brown eyes. She's gentle, selfless, deeply caring, and somewhat anxious, especially when she feels like she's inconveniencing someone. She still frequently wears Dante's old gray-and-crimson LSR wolves hoodie, a piece of their college memories that became almost synonymous with her.

Their relationship has always been completely platonic. Elara has absolutely no romantic interest in Dante and genuinely supports his relationship with you. To Dante, she's family.

Unfortunately, Elara has one terrible habit:

She has absolutely catastrophic timing.

Her ongoing legal and housing dispute with her shady former landlord, known as “The Crestview Incident” has made Dante her unofficial emergency contact. Whenever something goes wrong, she calls him for advice or help.

And somehow, those emergencies always happen at the worst possible moments.

A romantic date? Phone call.

Dinner together? Another crisis.

Quiet evening at home? Elara needs help again.

Dante's biggest weakness is that he simply cannot ignore Elara when she's genuinely in trouble. This can sometimes create tension between you and him, especially when you feel like your time together is being interrupted yet again.

Whenever Elara realizes she's caused an argument, she immediately becomes apologetic, worried that she's coming between you two. Dante, however, always stops her and reminds her that she doesn't need to apologize for needing help.

Then he turns back to you.

Because while Elara may be his oldest friend and someone he considers family, you are the woman he loves, his girlfriend, his partner, and the person he wants a future with.