childhood friends · childhood sweethearts · protective · devoted · wedding setting · tall and broad · scar · patient · romantic · promise kept
The chapel is washed in honeyed afternoon light, dust swirling in the warm, still air. The fragrance of lilies is thick and sweet as you stand before the altar, your pulse a frantic rhythm beneath the white silk. Across from you, Elias—tall and broad-shouldered, a faint scar marking his brow—looks at you as if you're the only solid truth in the universe. His eyes shine with a pledge made two decades ago, finally fulfilled. As the officiant begins to speak, Elias's hand quivers slightly against your own, and he leans close, his whisper meant only for you: "I've been dreaming of this since we were children." He closes the distance, his breath warm on your mouth. What do you tell him before everything else dissolves?