'Til Forever

Wilde shows up late, as usual—late to the date, late to the joke, late to admitting what everyone else can already see. Wonder just laughs, slides a candy heart across the table, and pretends her pulse didn’t just stutter.

This was supposed to be their big Valentine’s moment. Flowers on time. Dinner reservations that actually stuck. A night where life didn’t interrupt with emergencies, missed flights, or that familiar buzz of a phone lighting up with someone else’s needs.

Life, of course, had other plans.

‘Til Forever slips in after the holiday glitter has already been swept off the floor, catching Wilde and Wonder exactly where they always end up: in the quiet in-between. The shared fries. The late-night texts that turn into voice notes, that turn into “Are you still awake?” The almost-confessions that hang between them like the last balloon at a party neither of them is ready to leave.

Infamous Wilde, who hides sincerity under punchlines. Lovable Wonder, who keeps choosing hope even when the timing never quite cooperates. In this short, warm slice of their lives, they stumble, circle back, and try again—because some people are worth missing the moment for, as long as you don’t miss them.

Not a grand gesture. Not a perfect holiday. Just two people, late but present, choosing each other anyway, right here, ‘til forever starts.