tattooed · motorcycle · protective · secretly romantic · tall · muscular · smart · wedding runaway · romance
The heavy church doors slam shut behind you, cutting off the gasps and protests. You fly down the stone steps, the wedding dress a suffocating cage around your legs. Cold autumn air stings your face; your heart hammers against your ribs as you round the corner, desperate for any path away. Then you collide—into something unyielding as stone. A man. His hands, strong and tattooed, catch you by the waist, steadying you. When you look up, you meet eyes dark enough to swallow the light. The distant church bells toll, but all you hear is the ragged sound of your own breath and the low rumble of his voice: "Looks like you needed a way out, you."