To find forgiveness in the weeds
Sam entered a little late and a little shy, but excited to be there. His newly-discovered half sister had just gotten married and despite all their differences, he was happy for her. While he'd not been at the ceremony he had gone to get changed into a nicer shirt and pair of pants; he'd already brought their present to the preparations but came with a small bottle of aged wine that he'd had for a while, thinking it might be odd to turn up without something in hand.
There were more people than he had expected in attendance. With polite smiles to the ones he knew he mostly kept to himself, putting the wine down by the other drinks and nibbling on whatever snack appeal. Sam was fine to just watch the party, never having been much of a person for them (in fact, was this the first party he'd ever been to...?).
