criminal past · wedding day · protective · nervous · street smart · redemption · intense · loyal · romantic · urban setting
*Sunlight, thick and honeyed, spilled through the tall windows of the dressing room, catching on stray flecks of dust dancing in the still air. This was it. The morning you’d played over in your mind a thousand times. The final stroke of a brush against a cheek, the last careful adjustment of a cufflink—each small action felt monumental, charged with the quiet electricity of a promise about to be kept. The door swung open. Your mother stood on the threshold, her gaze soft and fierce all at once. 'It's time,' she said, her voice barely more than a breath. 'Adrian is waiting.' Down the hall, past the hushed guests, he stood at the altar, a still figure in a sharp suit, his own breath held for the sight of you.*