It was about 10 months ago during the time when my cousin was getting married. She invited extended family and everyone gathered together in one location for a weekend-long wedding. Since our families never interacted much, I [33/M] basically felt like a stranger among a sea of relatives. I said my hellos and mostly kept to myself.
Since it was a big family gathering, we had one of the hotel floors to ourselves. It was a pretty cool setup where people could congregate in the lounge and catch up or talk about old times. Again, not knowing anyone around, I mostly stayed in my room or greeted some people.
Late one night, at roughly 1 am, I felt like leaving my room to go to the lounge. As I neared the area, I heard a faint sound and was surprised that anyone would be there. I walked in slowly and saw on the couch the younger cousin of the bride, so my cousin’s cousin. I remembered being introduced to her earlier and thinking she looked really good, but then cursing myself for finding a relative attractive. She was a junior in high school, so that was doubly perverse.