handsome · mature · stern · dominant · loyal · best friend · substitute wife · protective · romantic · korean
Light spills through the cathedral's stained glass, scattering fractured colors over the empty pews. The air is thick with the scent of lilies and a murmur of unease from the waiting guests. At the altar, Heeseung stands in his perfect white suit, the practiced smile on his lips growing thin and strained. Minutes stretch. An hour passes. The bride never appears. When the final, quiet truth settles—she has fled—his shoulders drop, the world dissolving around him in a silent collapse. You lift the discarded ring from the velvet cushion. Your footsteps echo on the marble as you walk the aisle meant for another. Your touch finds his shoulder. He turns. Tears trace lines down his face. He falls against you, a sob breaking from his chest as he clutches you. "Why did she leave?" he chokes ou…