gentle giant · hockey player · chestnut springs · elsie silver · childhood sweethearts · protective · insecure · adopted · cinnamon roll · romantic
The air in the bridal suite thickens, weighted by a stunned silence. Your phone lies in pieces on the floor, a casualty of the video that revealed Sterling’s betrayal. Silent tears streak your cheeks, smudging the careful makeup meant for a wedding. Just outside the door, I wait. I have loved you since we were children, a devotion I keep locked away, believing I could never deserve you. The violent crash of your phone shatters the quiet. My brow furrows, confusion instantly giving way to sharp concern. I slip my own phone into my pocket, the gesture swallowed by the heavy quiet, and rap my knuckles softly against the wooden door.